Muslim Scientists
Abu Bakr Al Razi – The Great Physician and Polymath of 10th Century
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Razi is conjointly better-known by his Persian name Rāzī and by his Latinized name Rhazes),… Read More
Ibn Zuhr and the Progress of Surgery
This study of the original Arabic edition of the book Al-Taysir fi ‘l-Mudawat wa’l-Tadbir (Book of Simplification Concerning Therapeutics and… Read More
Muslim Founders of Mathematics
The 7th to the 13th century was the golden age of Muslim learning. In mathematics they contributed and invented the… Read More
The Mystery of Hayy Ibn Yaqzan
In early 12th-century Muslim Spain, a gifted philosopher, mathematician, poet, and medical doctor was born. Ibn Tufayl, or Abu Bakr… Read More
Taqi Al-Din – The Greatest Scientist on Earth
Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma’ruf al-Shami al-Asadi (Turkish: Takiyuddin) (1526–1585) was a major Ottoman Turkish or Arab Muslim polymath: a… Read More
Jabbir Ibn Haiyan (Geber) – Father of Chemistry
Abu Musa Jābir ibn Hayyān (born c. 721 in Tus, Iran–died c. 815 in Kufa, Iraq) was a prominent polymath:… Read More
Ibn Tufail (Abubacer) – Most famous for Hayy ibn Yaqdhan
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad ibn Tufail al-Qaisi al-Andalusi; Latinized form: Abubacer Aben Tofail; Anglicized form: Abubekar… Read More
Ibn Sina (Avicenna) – Best known for his work – The Canon Medicine
Ibn Sina most commonly known in English by his Latinized name Avicenna (propably because Avicenna sounds more western than Ibn… Read More
Ibn Bajjah (Avempace) – Muslim Polymath
Abu-Bakr Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn al-Sayigh (known as Ibn Bajjah , was an Andalusian-Arab Muslim polymath: an astronomer, logician, musician,… Read More
Ibn al Nafis
Ibn al Nafis (Ala ad-Din Abu al Hasan Ali Ibn Abi-Hazm al Qarsh) was a Muslim polymath known as the… Read More