Great Muslim MathematiciansThis book presents detailed accounts and analysis of the lives and world view of selected mathematicians of the Islamic period, their place in the world of science, the popularization of their lives, and their contributions specifically in mathematics and astronomy. |
Contents
HISTORICAL SETTING | 1 |
ALKHWARIZMI ABU ABDULLAH | 17 |
IBN ALHAYTHAM ABU | 45 |
Introduction of the Experimental Method | 52 |
His Life | 65 |
Contributions | 74 |
Mathematics | 81 |
Finding the Side of Inscribed Polygon | 88 |
ALTUSI MUHAMMAD | 123 |
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Common terms and phrases
Abbasid caliphate According al-Biruni AL-HASAN al-Khwarizmi al-Khwarizmi's Algebra al-Ma'mun Algebra of al-Khwarizmi Alhazen ancient angles Arabic numerals area of rectangle arithmetic ax² Baghdad became Biruni calculated calendar chord construction contribution cubic equations culture Diophantus dirham earth equal Euclid Euclid's Elements fifth postulate Figure Gandz geometrical George Sarton Ghaznah Greek Hindu historians History of Mathematics History of Science Ibn al-Haytham Ibn Sina India influence intellectual Iran Islamic civilization Islamic Science Islamic world Kamal al-Din al-Farisi Karpinski Kennedy Khwarizm Kitab knowledge known later learning Mahmud Mas'ud mathematicians Medieval method modern Muhammad Ibn Muslim astronomers Nasir al-Din Nasr observations observatory Omar Khayyam Omar's Optics original perpendicular Persian philosophy problem proofs Proposition Ptolemy Ptolemy's Qanun al-Mas'udi Quran ratios refraction root ruler Saccheri scholars scientific scientists side sine solution solved square tables Thabit ibn Qurra theorem theory treatise twelveth century West