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Science and Islam
2009 · BBC Four · 60 min · 1 season
Latest episode
S01E03 · The Power of Doubt
Tue, 20 Jan, 8:00 am
How Islamic scientific ideas permeated into the West in the 16th and 17th centuries.
About
Physicist Jim Al-Khalili travels through Syria, Iran, Tunisia and Spain to tell the story of the great leap in scientific knowledge that took place in the Islamic world between the 8th and 14th centuries.
Episodes
- E01
The Language of Science
Tue, 6 Jan· 60 minHow the Islamic world increased scientific knowledge between the 8th and 14th centuries.
- E02
The Empire of Reason
Tue, 13 Jan· 60 minA look at how Egyptian physicist Ibn al-Haytham helped establish the science of optics.
- E03
The Power of Doubt
Tue, 20 Jan· 60 minHow Islamic scientific ideas permeated into the West in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Cast
Jim Al-Khalili
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