In this book, Dr. Hoodbhoy, a nuclear physicist, argues that Islamic orthodoxy impedes scientific enquiry, since modern science, launched in the 17th century, has been, and will continue to be, "completely secular in character." He eloquently and usefully draws attention to the plight of science and technology in the Muslim world and to the need to do something about it. The book also makes some other helpful insights here and there about why, after centuries of brilliant achievements, science suffered such a fate in the Muslim world. Recommended for general readers and lower-division undergraduates.