''Science and Islam'' (2009) is a three-part

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

documentary about the history of science in medieval Islamic civilization presented by

Jim Al-Khalili Jameel Sadik "Jim" Al-Khalili (; born 20 September 1962) is an Iraqi-British theoretical physicist and science populariser. He is professor of theoretical physics and chair in the public engagement in science at the University of Surrey. He is a ...

. 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 Simon J. Schaffer (born 1 January 1955) is a historian of science, previously a professor of the history and philosophy of science at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and was editor of '' The B ...

* Peter Pormann (medicine) * Amira K. Bennison * Okasha El Daly (egyptology) * Ian Stewart (algebra) *

Nader El-Bizri Nader El-Bizri (, ''nādir al-bizrĩ'') served as the dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Sharjah. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow at The Warburg Institute at the School of Advanced Study ...

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Interviews

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