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  The Secret Scientists of Arabia    
The Dark Ages may have been dark in Europe, but eleven hundred years ago the Islamic world was alive with scientific activity. Jim al-Khalili explores the achievements of the scholars of the Golden Age of the Islamic Empire.

  
FIRST HALF


In this documentary produced for the BBC World Service, we bridge the cultural disconnect that pervades our understanding of the history of science. Our guide is Jim al-Khalili. Born in Iraq, he's now a professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Surrey In England.
SECOND HALF


Jim al-Khalili investigates why the great scientists from the ancient Islamic world are not as widely recognized today as he believes they deserve to be.
     
   
     




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