The BBC recently aired the first episode of three of a documentary entitled Islam and Science, which looks at the scientific advances that took place in the Islamic world between the 8th and 14th centuries. The BBC tells us that:
Its legacy is tangible, with terms like algebra, algorithm and alkali all being Arabic in origin and at the very heart of modern science—there would be no modern mathematics or physics without algebra, no computers without algorithms and no chemistry without alkalis.
Two more episodes will be aired. The first ten minutes are below, and the rest of the first episode is embedded below the jump.
[via Science and Religion News]