Science and Islam (Documentary, English)
Genres: History
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2009-01-05
Ended: 2009-01-19
Network: BBC Four
Country: GB
Airs on: Monday
Air time: 21:00
Runtime: 60 minutes
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.