An Egyptian Farmer meets Pavlov

Description : A dialogue between a father and son about the number of heart beats of different living beings. The father narrates the story of a dream William Harvey (1578-1657) had when he met his predecessor Ibn El-Nafis the Iraqi scientist who taught him about how the heart functions and died in 1288.

SGD : SDG:2 No Hunger SDG 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure SDG 11: Life on land

Keywords : Science, history, the imagination, agriculture and psychology

Type : short story

Relations : A series of ten stories entitled Strange Encounters

Coverage : Comparing the history of Arab and western scientists and discoveries

Language and Age : In Arabic and translated into English For 8-10 year old children

Publishing Rights : The Writer

Publisher and Place : Cairo: Al-Dar Al-Masriah Al-Lubnaniah

Publication Date : 1996

E-Format : 16 pages with illustrations