Islamic knowledge / RM Productions and TF1 present ; directed by Michèle Arnaud ; English version written by Michael Bakewell ; English version made by World Wide Pictures Limited.
"From the middle of the eighth century until the European Renaissance, Arabic was the language of mathematics and science. It is to Arabic efforts that we owe our system of calculation and our symbols for numbers. Islamic science, synthesizing earlier Greek, Indian, and Near Eastern thinking, made s...
| Uniform Title: | World of Islam (DVD)
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| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
[2004]
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| Series: | World of Islam (DVD)
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Islamic science and technology |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Summary: |
"From the middle of the eighth century until the European Renaissance, Arabic was the language of mathematics and science. It is to Arabic efforts that we owe our system of calculation and our symbols for numbers. Islamic science, synthesizing earlier Greek, Indian, and Near Eastern thinking, made significant contributions in the fields of astronomy, physics, medicine, and engineering."--Container. |
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| Note: | Originally produced in 1983. Videorecording. |
| Call Number: | BP190.5.S3 I86 2004 VideoDVD |
| Credits: | Series devised by Nadjm-Oud Dine Bammate. |
| System Details: | Burned DVD (DVD-R) format: this disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives. |
| Participant or Performer: |
Ian Holm, narrator. |