Friday 22 July 2011

Some Muslim Pioneers Of Science.


Pioneers of science

(740-828)
Zoology, botany, animal husbandry
Muhammad Bin Musa al-Khwarizmi (Algorizm)
(770-840)
Mathematics, astronomy, geography, (algorithm, algebra, calculus)
Abu 'Uthman 'Amr ibn Bakr al-Basri al-Jahiz
(776-868)
Zoology, Arabic grammar, rhetoric, lexicography
Yaqub Ibn Ishaq al-Kindi (Alkindus) (800-873)
Philosophy, physics, optics, medicine, mathematics, metallurgy
Thabit Ibn Qurrah (Thebit)
(836-901)
Astronomy, mechanics, geometry, anatomy
Ali Ibn Rabban al-Tabari
(838-870)
Medicine, mathematics, calligraphy, literature
Abu Abdullah al-Battani (Albategnius) (858-929)
Astronomy, mathematics, trigonometry
Abul-Abbas Ahmad al-Farghani (al-Fraganus)
(C. 860)
Astronomy, civil engineering
Muhammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi (Rhazes)
(864-930)
Medicine, ophthalmology, smallpox, chemistry, astronomy
Abu al-Nasr al-Farabi (al-Pharabius)
(870-950)
Sociology, logic, philosophy, political science, music
'Abbas Ibn Firnas
(Died 888)
Mechanics of flight, planetarium, artificial crystals, Also, reputedly, the first man to fly.
Abd-al Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi) (903-986)
Astronomy
Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Albucasis)
(936-1013)
Surgery, medicine (father of modern surgery)
Abul Wafa Muhammad al-Buzjani
(940-997)
Mathematics, astronomy, geometry, trigonometry
Abul Hasan Ali al-Masu'di
(Died 957)
Geography, history
Abu Ali Hasan Ibn al-Haitham (Alhazen)
(965-1040)
Physics, optics, mathematics
Abu al-Hasan al-Mawardi (Alboacen) (972-1058)
Political science, sociology, jurisprudence, ethics
Abu Raihan al-Biruni
(973-1048)
Astronomy, mathematics. Determined the earth's circumference
Abu Ali al-Hussain Ibn Abdallah Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
(981-1037)
Medicine, philosophy, mathematics, astronomy
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim Ibn Yahya al-Zarqali (Arzachel)
(1028-1087)
Astronomy (invented astrolabe)
Omar al-Khayyam
(1044-1123)
Mathematics, poetry
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (Algazel)
(1058-1111)
Sociology, theology, philosophy
Abu Marwan Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar, Abumeron)
(1091-1161)
Surgery, medicine
Abu Abdallah Muhammad al-Idrisi (1099-1166)
Geography (world map, first globe)
Abul Waleed Muhammad Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
(1128-1198)
Philosophy, law, medicine, astronomy, theology
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
(1201-1274)
Astronomy, non-Euclidean geometry
Jalal al-Din Rumi
(1207)
Sociology
Ibn al-Nafis Damishqi
(1213-1288)
Anatomy
Abu Muhammad Abdallah Ibn al-Baitar
(Died 1248)
Pharmacy, botany
Mohammed Targai Ulugh Beg
(1393-1449)
Astronomy
Abd al-Rahman Ibn Muhammad Ibn Khaldun
(1332-1395)
Sociology, philosophy of history, political science
Wa'laykum Salam.

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