SUMMARY ABOUT SCIENCE AND ISLAM ( LANGUAGE SCIENCE )

The story about Science and Islam by Jim al-Khalili Professor of Physics at University of Surrey.His father is Iraqian and his mother is American.He travels through Syria,Iran,Tunisia and Spain to do research about story the great leap in scientific knowledge in the Islamic world between the 8th and 14th centuries.The most legacy is the terms like algebra,algorithm and alkali is from Arabic.Mathematics will be perfect without algebra or computers without algorithm and chemistry without alkalis.From AlKhwarizmi who did much to establish the mathematical tradition we know as algebra.Ibn Sina a pioneer of early medicine whose Canon of Medicine was still in use 19th century. Al-Khalili travels to northern Syria to research the great astronomer and mathematican Al-Biruni estimated the size of the earth to within a few hundred miles of the correct figure.From his travels in Syria,he know how medieval Islamic scholars helped turn the magical occult practice of alchemy into modern chemistry. In cairo he tells about physicians Ibn al-Haytham was establish the modern optics science and prove the main principle in physics is that light moved in straight lines.Prof al-Khalili want to prove the first pionner in science ti insist all scientific theory will backed up with experiment and careful observations. He tells the story about the great leap in scientific knowledge in Islamic world from 8th to 14th centuries.Search for clues to prove to world how scintifec revolution will emerged from 16th to 17th centuries in Europe had its roots in the earlier world of mediavel islam.He travels to Iran,Syria and Egypt to research the great astronomical by Islamic scholars.He then visit Italy for take a look how the Islamic ideas get into west and finally helped to create shape the works great Europeans astronomer Copernicus and investigate why science in Islamic world was decrease after 16th and 17th centuries.AlKhalili finished his journeys at in the Royan Institute in the Iranian capital Tehran, looking at how science is now regarded in the Islamic world.