Listen "Paper"
Episode Synopsis
In a major series for Radio 3, we rediscover some of the key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age. The period ranges from 750 to 1258 CE and we'll hear about architecture, invention, medicine, innovation and philosophy. Professor Jonathan Bloom on how the Islamic scholars and thinkers were the early adopters of paper - far ahead of their European contemporaries.Producer: Sarah Taylor.
More episodes of the podcast The Essay
Digging for Words
31/03/2025
Workplace performance
31/03/2025
The crime of creation
31/03/2025
Mothers on trial
31/03/2025
Land Cinema
31/03/2025
The intimacy of radio
31/03/2025
Birth Stories
31/03/2025
Losing Yourself in Books
31/03/2025
A Philosophical Forgery?
31/03/2025
Technicolor Wars
31/03/2025
ZARZA We are Zarza, the prestigious firm behind major projects in information technology.