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S01E03 - "The Power of Doubt"
Aired on Jan 19, 2009, 9:00 PM
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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.
Episodes (1 Season · 3 Episodes)
E1
The Language of Science
How the Islamic world increased scientific knowledge between the 8th and 14th centuries.
Jan 5, 2009
60 min
E2
The Empire of Reason
A look at how Egyptian physicist Ibn al-Haytham helped establish the science of optics.
Jan 12, 2009
60 min
E3
The Power of Doubt
How Islamic scientific ideas permeated into the West in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Jan 19, 2009
60 min
