Science and Islam

Season

2009

UK

8.1

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.

Episode List

S1 • E1

The Language of Science

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.

S1 • E2

The Empire of Reason

Al-Khalili travels to northern Syria to discover how, a thousand years ago, the great astronomer and mathematician Al-Biruni estimated the size of the earth to within a few hundred miles of the correct figure.

S1 • E3

The Power of Doubt

Jim Al-Khalili examines how the Islamic world has advanced science. He shows how Islamic scientific ideas permeated into the west in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Science and Islam

Season

2009

UK

8.1

Episode List

The Language of Science

The Empire of Reason

The Power of Doubt

Similar Titles

Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking

The Story of Science

The Silk Road

Hyperspace

The Day the Universe Changed

Cast

Jim Al-Khalili

Science and Islam

Season

2009

UK

8.1

Episode List

The Language of Science

The Empire of Reason

The Power of Doubt

Similar Titles

Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking

The Story of Science

The Silk Road

Hyperspace

The Day the Universe Changed

Cast

Jim Al-Khalili