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Science and Islam

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

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Broadcast yesterday, 23:30 on BBC HD but not available on BBC iPlayer.

1/3. How the Islamic world increased scientific knowledge between the 8th and 14th centuries.

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2/3. A look at how Egyptian physicist Ibn al-Haytham helped establish the science of optics.

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