Ingenious Innovations: Islamic Science Rediscovered

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Did you know…

• The first modern hospital was built in Baghdad over a thousand years ago?
• Persian scholars developed the foundations for modern algebra and algorithms?
• We get the word "camera" from the Arab word "qamara"?
• Inoculation was written about in 8th century India, long before it gained popularity in Europe?
• In the 10th century, a Persian surgeon invented many of the surgical tools we still use today?
• An engineer from Mesopotamia developed the camshaft along with other commonly used machines?
• By the year 644, Persians were using windmills to manage their water supply?
• A man in Cordoba took flight over a millennium before the Wright brothers were born?
• A 10th century Persian surgeon used catgut for internal stitches?
• A 13th century Arab doctor described the circulatory system 300 years before William Harvey?

This amazing, interactive exhibition reveals 1000 years of discovery on 3 continents – Africa, Europe and Asia – and is suitable for all ages. 

From the 8th to the 18th century, Muslim scientists drew upon ideas from various cultures, from Greece to Egypt and India, which produced a fountain of ideas that watered the multicultural roots of modern science and technology. Rediscover the roots of Silicon Valley's innovation - algorithms, Arabic numerals, astronomy, aviation, engineering, medical and biological and more!

Designed to unearth the scientific know-how of an Islamic Golden Age, the exhibition showcases the primary fields of Islamic scientific endeavor including: architecture, arts, astronomy, engineering, exploration, flight, mathematics, medicine, optics and water control. 

Exhibition hosts Our trained exhibition hosts of Ingenious Innovations: Islamic Science Rediscovered help demystify this grand civilization and introduces visitors to the vast influence of its discoveries and inventions on contemporary society.