Science in a Golden Age - Pioneers of Engineering: Al-Jazari and the Banu Musa

From the Iraqi Banu Musa brothers of the 9th century to the Andalusian engineer Abbas Ibn Firnas, to Al-Jazari who lived and worked in the 12th century – Jim Al-Khalili guides us through the work of the engineers and innovators of the Golden Age of science (9th - 14th centuries).

He looks at state-of-the-art robotic engineering and studies the history of early automatic machines. He unpicks the engineering principles behind the incredible trick devices of the Banu Musa brothers in the 9th century, and is shown a modern reconstruction of their ingenious ‘flute that plays itself’. In Istanbul, Jim is shown the intricate clocks and sophisticated water pumps designed by 12th century engineer Al-Jazari. And he analyses the claims made of Abbas Ibn Firnas – who supposedly managed to get airborne all the way back in the 9th century.

[troglodyto]

i'm not muslim, but i can appreciate these incredibly genius engineers and their importance to our shared history

[zikrunzikrun]

This is why Al-Jazeera is unique and outstanding media channel.
Much deserving respect.
Credible

[villagecornerbd]

Love & Respect From BANGLADESH 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩💟

[thebengaltigress]

Sub-han-Allah! They're so genius! They were the pioneers of today's engineering. May Allah swt grant them jannat-ul-ferdaus.

[DavidHauka]

Wonderful! I've been intrigued by the Golden age for over a decade - these fine programs provide open up so many pathways to understanding the importance of science and the arts in Islam. Thank you Jim Al-Khalili!

[maria-lzhe]

Im fascinated by all of this! Al Jazari was incredible, thank u!

[aquecedoroleo]

There never was a dark age in history. Only in Europe. Because in Middle-East, the greatest minds in that era joint together in beutiful harmony.
I hate that history books in the west blinded us from this marvelous piece of history.

[شهنشاه]

بهتر از این نمیشه....
تقدیر و تشکر فروان از شبکه الجزیره که چنین ویدیوی عالی را ساخته است.
خیلی دقیف و مفید بود

[MM-ujfu]

Such a fascinating program. I couldn't believe I have never heard about this program before💔. Heartfelt thanks for this outstanding program.

[zus-tkdq]

Thank you very much Al Jazeera for making this documentary and showing the contribution of islamic world scientists towards the development of this modern world 🌎

[hasananyabwile]

Uncovering the neglected information, that was ignored. Thanks

[bananichowdhury]

Amazing presentation. Thank you very much.

[raiha]

Praise to Allah Azzawajalla that give a great gift to Muslim. the origin of knowledge is come from Al Quran

[jitedurmu]

Many people think that the person who first invented the robot was Japanese or Chinese 🤣🤣 I wish all people knew that the first person who invented the robot was a Muslim scientist.

[klewank]

Considering that now the population of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are Turkic people, not Khwarezm people anymore, one can imagine how brutal the Mongols were in carrying out ethnic cleansing against the Khwarezm people, they were truly extinct without a trace due to the Mongol genocide. Even though they were the smartest people in the advanced Persian science and technology civilization of their time. This is worse than the genocide of the Dzungar people by the Qing dynasty.itxiy

[rafidabrar]

I don't understand why there are many ignorants who are blind in the right eye, in this comment section.

[Sammy-wugm]

The Muslim scientists and innovators have practically laid out the ground to the Industrial Revolution and the present Artifact Intelligence.


The algorithm you are utilizing now is named after it’s Muslim inventor Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khowarizmi about 733 AD الخوارزمي

[ekrama]

Excellent..
Muslim scientists are the most talented in the world

[syeedaadilhafiz]

👌👌thank you for such informative video

[ahmadthePathan]

Alkhalili is Mashalah a good mathematician..