BBC Science and Islam 2of3 PDTV Xvid AC3 MVGroup

BBC Science and Islam 2of3 PDTV Xvid AC3 MVGroup



Episode 2: The Empire of Reason.

Physicist Jim Al-Khalili travels through Syria, Iran, Tunisia and Spain to tell the story of the great leap in scientific knowledge that took place in the Islamic world between the 8th and 14th centuries. He travels to Syria to discover how, a thousand years ago, the astronomer and mathematician Al-Biruni estimated the size of the earth to within a few hundred miles of the correct figure. In Cairo, he tells the story of the physicist Ibn al-Haytham, who helped establish the science of optics.



Technical Specs for Std-Def

Video Codec: Xvid

Video Bitrate: 1800 Kb/s

Video Aspect Ratio: 1:792

Video Resolution: 688x384

Audio Codec: AC3

Audio Bitrate: 192 Kb/s 48000Hz

Audio Streams: 2

Run-Time: 59 mins

Frame Rate: 25FPS

Number of Parts: 3

Part Size: 860MB

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Subtitles: SRT

Source: DVB-S