The Story of Maths: The Genius of the East

Four-part series about the history of mathematics, presented by Oxford professor Marcus du Sautoy.

In the Middle East, he looks at the invention of the new language of algebra and the spread of Eastern knowledge to the West through mathematicians such as Leonardo Fibonacci, creator of the Fibonacci Sequence.

They dedicated one part of the episode of "Genius of the East" to Islamic Science which they acknowledge the Muslims’ contribution to science and its impact on Europe and also “House of Wisdom”, algebra, Arabic Numerals, Al-Khawarizmi, Omer Khayyam and many more...

Related Topics:

• Index
• Mathematics in Muslim Heritage
• Muslim Founders of Mathematics
• The Abbasids’ House of Wisdom in Baghdad
• Al-Khawarizmi (780 - 850 CE)
• Al-Khwarizmi, Abdu’l-Hamid Ibn Turk and the Place of Central Asia in the History of Science
• 15th Century Islamic Architecture Presages 20th Century Mathematics