How The Islamic Golden Age of Science Changed History As We Know It

The Islamic Golden Age of Science is largely to thank for our scientific developments today. Around 750-1250 CE, the Islamic empire made incredible scientific advancements that changed the course of history! Join Michael Aranda for a fascinating new episode of SciShow where we travel back in time to the Islamic Empire, and see what really happened all those years ago.

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[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.”
– Socrates

[FoOoF]

As an Arab and a Muslim, I sincerely thank you for this video. With so much racism against us, and so many people trying to delete and re-write our history, this shows hope for an inclusive future.

[kimplications]

I love how they viewed Engineering as Art

[dool]

As a native Arabic speaker, I’m really impressed with your pronunciation

[willzuzzio]

“Book of Ingenious Devices” sounds like a really fancy way to say life hacks

[aguila]

My dudes, let’s rejoice in this peace before the comments become a war zone

[zrksyd]

Al-Khwarizmi is where English gets the word algorithm.

[Nae_Ayy]

Fun fact: alcohol and algebra are Arabic words with the definite article still attached (in English, the definite article is the word "the"). "Al" is the definite article in Arabic. So when you say "the Alcohol, " you're technically being redundant.

[lurking_silhouette]

Is nobody going to talk about how good his pronunciations are?

[SmeiskAudio]

I just wanted to say I really, really appreciate your explanation of algebra. Of why it was important, why it was invented, and what the practical applications of the math were back then, as well as today. You helped me make a cognitive connection that I wish I could have made 25 years ago, back when I was in 3rd grade. Thank you.

[DrTarekahmad]

Ibn Sina's book should be translated as "The law of medicine" as -Canon- is just Arabic for قانون meaning law

[lyndsaybrown]

Taking on a polarizing subject, eh? You know some people have an irrational hatred of algebra.

[GrigRP]

In 807, Emperor Charlemagne was sent a brass clock by the Abbasid caliph, Harun al-Rashid in Baghdad.  According to the Emperor’s biographer, it was a “marvellous mechanical contraption, in which the course of the twelve hours moved according to a water clock, with as many brazen little balls, which fell down on the hour and through their fall made a cymbal ring underneath. On this clock there were also twelve horsemen who at the end of each hour stepped out of twelve windows, closing the previously open windows by their movements.”

[painxsavior]

this is one of the most accurate video of I have ever saw about the history of science in the Islamic golden age it shows how ethically diverse the scientists were and what kind of science they were interested in good job

[yasserabdal]

as an arab who grew up hearing stories about al kindi, ibn sina and others i appreciate videos like this

[tarana]

I wish my math teacher had explained the use of quadratic equations.

[alirezamohamadkhani]

Great video! Thank you. I guess you tried to keep it short and that's why we miss people like Ibn al-Haytham "the father of modern optics", Zakariyyā al-Rāzī, Al-Biruni, Al-Farabi,
Jabir ibn Hayyan, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, and Omar Khayyam the great mathematician. I'll just put their names here for those who want to know more and look them up. I would also like to note that some of the greatest pieces of poetry ever known to mankind were produced in this era, some of which were the subject of great admiration by people like Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

[turdferguson]

Top notch pronunciation of alkhawarizmi!

[BlueWhite]

MUSLIMS AT THAT TIME:🗿
MUSLIMS NOWADYS:🤓

THIS IS REALITY:🥺

[rezaamanat]

As an Iranian I absolutely appreciate your diverse view of science.
Please keep up the good work and obviously stay safe.