Peter Pormann
Professor of Classics & Graeco-Arabic Studies at the University of Manchester
3 episodes
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Maths in the Early Islamic World
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how mathematicians in the Islamic world, from C8th-C15th, developed new ideas and synthesised ideas from Greek and Indian maths.
16 February 2017
Also featuring: Colva Roney-Dougal, Jim Al-Khalili
The Hippocratic Oath
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Hippocratic Oath, the most celebrated text in Western medicine.
15 September 2011
Also featuring: Vivian Nutton, Helen King
The Translation Movement
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the movement of classical Greek ideas out of the Byzantine Empire and into the Islamic world from the 9th century onwards.
2 October 2008
Also featuring: Peter Adamson, Amira Bennison