Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of the great leap in scientific knowledge that took place in the Islamic world between the 8th and 14th centuries. Show more

Jim Al-Khalili examines how the Islamic world advanced science. He tells the story of physicist Ibn al-Haytham, who helped establish the science of optics. Show more

Jim Al-Khalili examines how the Islamic world has advanced science. He shows how Islamic scientific ideas permeated into the west in the 16th and 17th centuries. Show more