Physicist Jim al-Khalili reveals how Islamic thinkers played a crucial role in explaining light and optics.
From: Science in a Golden Age
Chemistry: The Search for the Philosopher’s Stone
We explore how the work of medieval chemists has impacted the evolution of modern chemistry.
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