The Golden Age of Islam Explained By Neil deGrasse Tyson

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[aq_ahmed]

Did some one tell this guy how many valuable scientific and academic books Mongols dumbed in Tigris river. That day the colour of the river turned black due to the ink of the millions of books. It was a black day for all humanity not just Muslims

[moosa]

The scholars of the islamic academic golden age, always acknowledged the scholars of the Greeks Persians and Indians, it took years for the scholars to translate the books of the ancients. A collaboration of knowledge and acknowledgement and thanks to their patience and labour we have many advances in the sciences.

[crimsoncloak]

This one thing I love about Science.
It builds upon the work of others. A collective effort of humanity.

[TFQ]

Baghdad has the biggest university of that Era where scholars come all over the world to share, study and research knowledge. Idk what's left of it now.

[dreameiken]

Wow, Al Ghazali didn't simply say that. I don't think Neil read all of his book entirely.
Nuclear is scientific breakthrough, but without heart, you got Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

[ilhanmesut]

“Mathematics has no connection with the religious sciences, and proves nothing for or against religion; it rests on a foundation of proofs which, once known and understood, cannot be refuted” (Ghazali)

[amryounis]

Gazali never said that math or numbers are the work of the devil.. the reason behind collapse of science in the islamic world is a king called Alhasan ibn isaac Altosy.

[none.]

What are you talking about?
Ghazali was curious about science.
He even by himself tried to know how big the Sun was even though his conclusions were wrong this proves his enthusiasm for science.

[hasrulmohamad]

If he dig deeper than he 'll realize almost all muslim land being colonized by the west after the fall of ottomans n lead to the degrading age of muslim world on science exploration - its hard to focus on academia when your resources being controlled by others. He should include the percentage of black people who won noble also in this statistics, hence he'll know what it means

[muslimbrother]

What i have learnt from this video well is that even a scientist cannot free himself from innate prejudice and often adorns his false view with superficial and irrelevant facts.

[cheesus]

How many black nobel prize winners for physics, chemistry or medicine?

[raha]

I think you are missing the geo-political situation of most Muslim countries- they are failed post colonial states run by puppet dictatorships.. there was a time when the learning centers of the world were focused in Muslim lands, and knowledge was transferred to the west through primarily translating arabic books to latin from Toledo, which gave birth to thinkers like Copernicus. The sad reality today is if you are a Phd graduate in Egypt today chances are you will likely be driving a Taxi rather than utilizing that doctorate for any meaningful impact on humanity... the problem is political not religious as history demonstrates

[suntzu]

Neil: Al-Ghazali campus of sciences
Al-Ghazali: Learning science, mathematics and medicine is a societal duty and people must learn it
Revival of Religious Sciences book, page 38
Neil: So you're calling me a liar?

[muhammadbilalawan]

I agree with everything except the Nobel peace prize part, the nobel prize is less worthy than a trophy in the 3rd grade. Its biased and many horrible people who have done horrible hings have won those.

[taweesakarchawamaitreekool]

It hurt after listenning to this actually, it's not a good idea to live in the past, we Muslim has to learn from it.

[rihadalif]

He was right and also wrong.
Muslims didn't stop seeking knowledge because of some dude said everything is the will of ALLAH. Even in 15th 16th century muslims rulers and peoples used to seek knowledge in the subcontinent where there wasnt the chaos or aftermath of crusade. During the golden age muslims read the actual book and there are many times where its been said to seek knowledge. even the prophet himself said to keep seeking knowledge.
Muslims are there but most of them are from eastern parts of asia just not middle east which is another misconception. Just like he said one from pakistan. Are only the arabs muslims?? we aren't??? Stereotypes!!!
Here are the name of a few muslims who are just from my country whose inventions helped the world.
- Abdus Suttar Khan (Material science- invented 40 different alloys some of which are still used today in western jet fighters)
- Fazlur Rahman Khan (Structural Engineer- first to invent the tube structural system which is still used for high rise buildings. even the burj khalifa is based on the same concept)
apart from these two there are many more just Bangladeshi Muslims who had invented something just they didn't make the part that "they are muslim" loud enough. And before talking about stuffs like this neil should have studied. He is a well known and respected man. I have just given 2 examples from top of my head cause my field of interest is also in those 2 subjects. Now you wonder how many are there from other muslim countries. And nobel prize should never be the benchmark. We all saw what the woman with peace prize did. didn't we?
Yes middle easterns aren't currently in the forefront of science cause basically its in chaos since when i was a kid. now i am in mid twenties and things are still the same. How can you expect to seek knowledge when just surviving everyday is a challenge, when you dont know where the next bomb might fall. It even might fall on an educational institution.

[tikemyson]

Imam Ghazali was no fool. If you doubt me listen to his alchemy of happiness audiobook

[nolovelost]

As a muslim I agree. What pushes people away from religion is when mankind makes it seem mystical rather than scientific.

[IbnMurrah]

Did this guy just say that Ghazali is the one who put Islam together?? 🤣

[DarioHaruni]

How could Ghazali be anti-science when the most famous book of his is titled "The Alchemy/Chemistry of Happiness" (Kimiya-yi Sa'ādat) ?