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 Muslim Contributions to Science, Philosophy, and the Arts
Abu al-Hassan al Haitham (965-1039 AD) was one of the most eminent physicists, whose contribution to optics and the scientific method were great.
Ibn Sina's philosophical encyclopedia Kitab al- Shifa was a monumental work, embodying a vast field of knowledge from philosophy to science.
In it he writes that given an equation, collecting the unknowns in one side of the equation is called al-Jabr and collecting the knowns in the other side of the equation is called al- Mukabalah.
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 Islamic mathematics
Al- Saghani studies central projection of a sphere on a plane from a point not on the sphere, and an astrolabe constructed in this way.
Translation of Al-Biruni`s treatise Maqala fi tastih al-suwar wa-tabtikh al kuwar, with facsimile of an Arabic manuscript.
Richter-Bernburg, L. Al-Biruni's Maqala fi tastih al-suwar wa-tabtikh al kuwar: A Translation of the Preface with Notes and Commentary.
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