By Prof. James Al-Khalili
Al-Khalili is professor of physics, and professor of the public engagement in science, at the University of Surrey, UK. He is author of several books on physics and producers of several movies. In this documentary he very precisely examines the heritage of Muslim scientists, including the calculation, of earth’s circumference, by Al Biruni within 1% of the correct value. Every now and then an idea takes form that changes everything, it revolutionizes the way we see and understand the world around us. Al-Khalili believes that just such an idea took form in the medieval Islamic world. It is the idea that everything from the stars above to the working of our own bodies is not arbitrary or whimsical, but subject to certain systematic rules, and we humans may be able to work out what those rules might be. This idea with additional refinements led to what we now call the scientific method. The documentary has three episodes:
Categories: Documentary or movie, Muslim Heritage, Science and Technology
what is belief [religion] and what is science.
the basis of belief in God is inharent in human psache. while science is the conclusions which he draws from his experience.
experience changes as conditions change, but deep rooted belief in human’s spirit does not change.
islam stresses to observe the work of God all around and think to which direction it leads to……Almighty God.
Islam is the modern religion which provide us the teaching to known the God with believe and pass their life to the service of mankind under the mentioned principle of Quran while science reveals only the things which could be seen, touched and felt, however religion is the matter of individual faith not a experience of societies, its means collective choice of any society would decide to select the norms to pass the life without the help of divine source in the matter of state regarding politics, economics and physical science as we looks in this modern age.
The definition of science is the systematic knowledge, so if we study the Muslim science we get the Muslim philosopher did their scientific experiment with the use of certain instrument to brake substance presents in order into disorder forms to acquire specific results by releasing some results during the experimental process as Greek science based only on philosophical intuition, this all sort of struggle related to science proves the Muslim scholar abstract theories through practically based jobs by depth study of Islam and other religions and their works even Greek science.
When we study the medieval age of Islam then we find sequence of life either state or individual. They did profound attention on the management of economics, politics, social, education and health-care facilities to develop the life of common men.