Muslim Scientist

Balai Yasa Izzulka — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:27:35 +0000

Al-Khwarizmi: Mathematician and astronomer, born around 783 near the Aral Sea in modern-day Uzbekistan. He was affiliated with the House of Wisdom, and his star tables and works on arithmetic, algebra, the astrolabe, and the Hindu-Arabic numerals profoundly influenced the West.
Al-Ma’mun: Abbasid caliph from 813 to 833. He took a direct interest in science and philosophy and actively promoted scholars at the House of Wisdom and elsewhere.
Ibn Sina (Avicenna): 11th-century polymath and leading Muslim philosopher and medical scholar. His influence on Western culture lasted for centuries, in various fields, from philosophy to medicine.
Ibn Rushd (Averroes): The famous Andalusian philosopher Abu ‘l-Walid Muhammed Ibn Ahmad Ibn Rushd. He flourished in Cordoba and Marrakech in the 12th century. He exerted an enormous influence on Christian and Jewish thought, primarily as a commentator on Aristotle, and also as an original author in philosophy, logic, astronomy and medicine.
Al-Idrisi (Dreses): North African geographer and scientific director of King Roger II of Sicily’s World Map project, completed in 1154.

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