Biography
Hossein Nasr
Seyyed Hossein Nasr was born in 1933 in Tehran, Iran. He is currently professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University. Professor Nasr is a leading philosopher and historian of science and is the author of numerous books including Man and Nature: The Spiritual Crisis of Modern Man, Religion and the Order of Nature and Islam and the Plight of Modern Man. His works have appeared in more than ten languages.