Born and raised in Turkey as a secular Muslim, Edis (physics, Truman State U.) was intrigued at finding defenses of creationism and other pseudo-science on visits home, and decided to investigate the broad relationship between Islam and science. He discusses Muhammed's injunction to study science, a usable past, finding science in the Quran, created nature redeeming the human sciences, whether Islam is a liberal faith, and science at arm's length. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)