"Science and Islam" - BBC 4

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" 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.

Its legacy is tangible, with terms like algebra, algorithm and alkali all being Arabic in origin and at the very heart of modern science - there would be no modern mathematics or physics without algebra, no computers without algorithms and no chemistry without alkalis.

For Baghdad-born Al-Khalili this is also a personal journey and on his travels he uncovers a diverse and outward-looking culture, fascinated by learning and obsessed with science. From the great mathematician Al-Khwarizmi, who did much to establish the mathematical tradition we now know as algebra, to Ibn Sina, a pioneer of early medicine whose Canon of Medicine was still in use as recently as the 19th century, he pieces together a remarkable story of the often-overlooked achievements of the early medieval Islamic scientists.

Professor Jim Al-Khalili presents Science and Islam on BBC Four at 2100GMT on Monday 5, 12 & 19 January. "

For those of you who do not have the channel BBC4, for whatever reason then you can watch the episode on BBC iPlayer the day after.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

(I'm not sure if this service is available to UK internet users only though.)

For the article related to this series:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7810846.stm
 
hmm interesting :ooh:
will watch it inshallah (if i manage to finish my essay imsad)
jazzakallah khair
 
Alhamdulilah I just watched the first episode! It was really interesting. And that hospital was nice wasn't it ??

Can't wait for the next episode, next week.
 
I caught like 15 mins of it on and off.. roughly what was it saying, and why were they calling it Islamic Science, because it was at the period of Islamic beginnings?
 
Ali. said:
I caught like 15 mins of it on and off.. roughly what was it saying, and why were they calling it Islamic Science, because it was at the period of Islamic beginnings?
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Well, yeah. It was during the "Islamic Golden Age" when scholarly work including philosophy, medicine, astronomy, mathematics etc flourished; while Europe was stuck in the dark ages. A time when knowledge was valued above everything. Like it said, the Khalifah at the time (not sure who) would reward people who brought books of knowledge to him (those that he did not have already in his library) with gold, equal to the weight of the book.
 
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Several inventions usually attributed to western scientists were in fact invented long before by their Arab, Persian etc counterparts.
 
Whatsthepoint said:
Several inventions usually attributed to western scientists were in fact invented long before by their Arab, Persian etc counterparts.
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The idea by Galen and Arab about "Reproduction," had their true and wrong points, now why did Muhammad did not PUT the wrong point, if he really MADE Al Qur'an?

Al Qur'an also has answered people who had the same question (or whatever) as yourself, so your words were DUPLICATING them, quite frankly, Allahu kalam


An Nahl(16):103 We know indeed that they say "It is a man that teaches him." The tongue of him they wickedly point to is A'jam(notable foreign) while this is Arabic pure and clear. 2143


Assalamu manit taba'al huda (May peace be upon who follow the guidance).
 
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Abdul Thayyib said:
The idea by Galen and Arab about "Reproduction," had their true and wrong points, now why did Muhammad did not PUT the wrong point, if he really MADE Al Qur'an?

Al Qur'an also has answered people who had the same question (or whatever) as yourself, so your words were DUPLICATING them, quite frankly, Allahu kalam


An Nahl(16):103 We know indeed that they say "It is a man that teaches him." The tongue of him they wickedly point to is A'jam(notable foreign) while this is Arabic pure and clear. 2143


Assalamu manit taba'al huda (May peace be upon who follow the guidance).
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This thread has nothing to do with the so called miracles of the Quran.
 
Whatsthepoint said:
This thread has nothing to do with the so called miracles of the Quran.
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I would sincerely like you to post anything you have found that disproves anything in the Qur'an, I dont mean splitting hairs like the fingerprint issue, real proof. With respect I think there is none
 
TKTony said:
I would sincerely like you to post anything you have found that disproves anything in the Qur'an, I dont mean splitting hairs like the fingerprint issue, real proof. With respect I think there is none
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This is a thread about science in the Islamic world.
I'd be glad to have a private discussion with you.
 
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This program was awesome. As was the one on just before it about Islam and Europe. 1 hour and a half of Islamic history for 4 weeks? Awwww yeah!
 
Salaam

I'm sure someone will post it on youtube sooner or later.

peace.
 

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