Science And Islam - Season 1 Episode 2 The Empire of Reason
2009-01-19
60 minutes.
Season - Episode
1
Season 1 Jan 05, 2009
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1 - 1The Language of Science Jan 05, 2009 -
1 - 2The Empire of Reason Jan 12, 2009
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1 - 3The Power of Doubt Jan 19, 2009
Overview
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. He travels to Syria to discover how, a thousand years ago, the astronomer and mathematician Al-Biruni estimated the size of the earth to within a few hundred miles of the correct figure. In Cairo, he tells the story of the physicist Ibn al-Haytham, who helped establish the science of optics.
Year 2009
Studio BBC Four
Director
Crew
Popularity 0.8898
Language English
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