S3E14 Andalusia's Great Inventor: Ibn Firnas, with Glaire Anderson and Seif El Rashidi

from Islamic Art - The Barakat Trust · host Asia House Arts and Learning

Join Glaire Anderson for a fascinating conversation about one of great inventors of Andalusia: Abbas Ibn Firnas, who successfully invented a glider plane in the 9th century, and undertook the first known flight when in his 60s! Find out about this fascinating man, his many inventions, and the relationship between science and religion in Muslim Spain.

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