Embrasser tous les savoirs. 2. Le ciel à livre ouvert : Embracing all knowledge. 2. Everything under the sun / Fit Production, La Cinquième, Canal sur télévision ; un film conçu et écrit par Mahmoud Hussein ; réalisé par Philippe Calderon.
Publisher:
Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
Copyright Date:
2001
Description:
1 videocassette (27 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Narrator, Paul Barrett. Originally produced as a television program in 1999.
Summary:
"Picking up mathematics and astronomy from where the ancient Greeks had left off, Arab scholars paved the way for the Copernican revolution and the rebirth of science in Europe. This program reveals the Empire of the Caliphate's role in developing the Indo-Arabic decimal system, algebra, and algorithms and in refining the science of optics and the Ptolemaic model of the solar system. The application of astronomy to sacred ends, such as accurately fixing the time for prayers, the direction of Mecca, and the start of Ramadan, is also considered"--Publisher's website.
Series:
Lorsque le monde parlait arabe = When the world spoke Arabic
OCLC:
(OCoLC)51602108
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.