Explorations: Ships of Fortune: Istanbul - Science, religion and technology in Islamic civilization
Duration: 5 mins 14 secs
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Background to the Channel 4 Millennium Series ‘The Day the World Took Off’. With thanks to Windfall Films.
A three-part reflection in front of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul by Alan Macfarlane on some of the reasons for the stasis in Islamic science. The difference between religions and technologies and their effects on the development of thought. |
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| Created: | 2018-03-09 09:14 |
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| Collection: | A History of the World (The Day the World Took Off) |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Prof Alan Macfarlane |
| Language: | eng (English) |
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