Al Khalili

Voltaire Lecture - Lessons from the Past: Science and Rationalism in Medieval Islam (2014)
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Genre: Documentary

British Humanist Association (BHA) President, physicist and broadcaster Professor Jim Al-Khalili gave the 2014 Voltaire Lecture at Conway Hall, London, on the theme of 'Lessons from the past: science and rationalism in medieval Islam.' The lecture was chaired by his predecessor as President, and current BHA Vice President, the journalist Polly Toynbee.

BBC - Lost Horizons: The Big Bang (2008)
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Genre: Documentary

Professor Jim Al-Khalili delves into over 50 years of the BBC science archive to tell the story behind the emergence of one of the greatest theories of modern science, the Big Bang. The remarkable idea that our universe simply began from nothing has not always been accepted with the conviction it is today and, from fiercely disputed leftfield beginnings, took the best part of the 20th century to emerge as the triumphant explanation of how the universe began. Using curious horn-shaped antennas, U-2 spy planes, satellites and particle accelerators, scientists have slowly pieced together the cosmological jigsaw, and this documentary charts the overwhelming evidence for a universe created by a Big Bang.