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The Secret Scientists - Part Two

Professor Jim Al-Khalili looks at Islamic intellectual activity during the 9-13th centuries. In this programme he focuses on Al-Khwarizmi, the mathematician who introduced the numbers 0-9, and Ibn Al-Haytham who was the first person to realise how vision works.

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22 minutes

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This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project