''Science and Islam'' (2009) is a three-part BBC documentary about the history of science in medieval Islamic civilization presented by

Jim Al-Khalili Jameel Sadik "Jim" Al-Khalili ( ar, جميل صادق الخليلي; born 20 September 1962) is an Iraqi-British theoretical physicist, author and broadcaster. He is professor of theoretical physics and chair in the public engagement in scien ...

. The series is accompanied by the book ''Science and Islam: A History'' written by Ehsan Masood.

Episodes

# "The Language of Science" # "The Empire of Reason" # "The Power of Doubt"

Interviews

The documentary contains several short segments with scientists and historians of science: * George Saliba * Simon Schaffer *

Peter Pormann Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

(medicine) * Amira K. Bennison *

Okasha El Daly Okasha (Arabic: عكاشة) is an Egyptian surname that may refer to *Ahmed Okasha, Egyptian psychiatrist *Motaz Okasha (born 1990), Egyptian basketball player *Osama Anwar Okasha (1941–2010), Egyptian screenwriter and journalist *Samir Okasha, P ...

(egyptology) * Ian Stewart (algebra) * Nader El-Bizri

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