简介：物理学家JimAl-Khalili游历叙利亚、伊朗、突尼斯、西班牙等国，向您展示8世纪-14世纪伊斯兰世界的巨大科学进步。共3集。 Information Episode1:TheLanguageofScience. PhysicistJimAl-KhalilitravelsthroughSyria,Iran,TunisiaandSpaintotellthestoryofthegreatleapinscientificknowledgethattookplaceintheIslamicworldbetweenthe8thand14thcenturies.Itslegacyistangible,withtermslikealgebra,algorithmandalkalibeingArabicinoriginandattheveryheartofmodernscience.ForBaghdad-bornAl-Khalilithisisalsoapersonaljourneyandheuncoversadiverse,outward-lookingculture,fascinatedbylearningandobsessedwithscience. Episode2:TheEmpireofReason. PhysicistJimAl-KhalilitravelsthroughSyria,Iran,TunisiaandSpaintotellthestoryofthegreatleapinscientificknowledgethattookplaceintheIslamicworldbetweenthe8thand14thcenturies.HetravelstoSyriatodiscoverhow,athousandyearsago,theastronomerandmathematicianAl-Biruniestimatedthesizeoftheearthtowithinafewhundredmilesofthecorrectfigure.InCairo,hetellsthestoryofthephysicistIbnal-Haytham,whohelpedestablishthescienceofoptics. Episode3:ThePowerofDoubt. PhysicistJimAl-KhaliliconcludeshisinvestigationintotherelationshipbetweenscienceandIslam.Heshowshowthescientificrevolutionthattookplacein16thand17thcenturyEuropehaditsrootsintheworldofmedievalIslam.HetravelsacrossIran,SyriaandEgypttodiscovertheastronomicaladvancesmadebyIslamicscholarsthroughtheirobsessionwithaccuratemeasurement.HethenvisitsItalytoseehowthoseideaspermeatedintotheWestandhelpedshapetheworksofCopernicus.…