Astronomical instrument makers
2 episodes
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CultureHistoryIslamic philosophersLeipzig University alumni16th-century writers in LatinAlchemists of the medieval Islamic worldAsharis, Muslim critics of atheismCopernican RevolutionCritics of deismAstronomers of the medieval Islamic worldChristian astrologersExplorers of AsiaMedieval Iranian pharmacologists, Transoxanian Islamic scholarsPsychology in the medieval Islamic worldUniversity of Copenhagen alumni
Al-Biruni
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Central Asian polymath al-Biruni and his 11th-century book India, one of the first scholarly works about the country.
10 June 2010
Featuring: James Montgomery, Hugh Kennedy, Amira Bennison
CultureExplorers of AsiaIslamic philosophersAsharis, Muslim critics of atheismAstronomical instrument makersAstronomers of the medieval Islamic worldMedieval Iranian pharmacologists, Transoxanian Islamic scholarsAlchemists of the medieval Islamic worldPsychology in the medieval Islamic worldCritics of deismTycho Brahe
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the innovative 16th-century Danish astronomer, renowned for the accuracy of his observations, all taken before the invention of the telescope.
2 February 2023
Featuring: Ole Grell, Adam Mosley, Emma Perkins