BBC - Islam and Science 3: The Power of Doubt 4/6 - العلم في الاسلام

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Physicist Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of the great leap in scientific knowledge that took place in the Islamic world between the 8th and 14th centuries.

Al-Khalili turns detective, hunting for clues that show how the scientific revolution that took place in the 16th and 17th centuries in Europe had its roots in the earlier world of medieval Islam. He travels across Iran, Syria and Egypt to discover the huge astronomical advances made by Islamic scholars through their obsession with accurate measurement and coherent and rigorous mathematics.

He then visits Italy to see how those Islamic ideas permeated into the West and ultimately helped shape the works of the great European astronomer Copernicus, and investigates why science in the Islamic world appeared to go into decline after the 16th and 17th centuries, only for it to re-emerge in the present day.

Al-Khalili ends his journey in the Royan Institute in the Iranian capital Tehran, looking at how science is now regarded in the Islamic world.

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Jim Al-khalili is my big time favorite. I watched his other documentaries on the mysteries of atom as well...yeah I'm a muslim, and I'm proud of my scientific heritage!!

manzar9121 11 months ago
@kit007yes there waas no iran? there was persia though, al haytham was working for the fatimid dynasty its all over the internet

AdemaLevel 1 year ago
there was no Iraq during the middle ages. it was iran - idiot. Why do you lie about the scientists? Al Hayatham was Iranian Scientists who was working under the Buyid Dynasty which was IRanian Dynasty. Be truthful.

kit007yes 1 year ago

BBC - Islam and Science 3: The Power of Doubt 4/6 - العلم في الاسلام

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