1 Season
24 Episode
Islamic Golden Age - Season 1 Episode 5 Algebra, Algorithms, and al-Khwarizmi
The field of mathematics owes a tremendous debt to the Islamic Golden Age. Mathematicians such as Omar Khayyam (who is perhaps better known today as a poet) and al-Khwarizmi built on the work of Babylonian, Greek, and Indian mathematicians to systematize and explain algebra and symbolic algorithms. Survey this critical period of mathematics history.
- Year: 2020
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- Studio: History
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- Director: Eamonn Gearon
- Cast: Eamonn Gearon