History of Islamic Science

Prof. Hamed A. Ead Based on the book Introduction to the History of Science
by George Sarton

George Sarton’s Tribute to Muslim Scientists in the “Introduction to the History of Science”:
“It will suffice here to evoke a few glorious names without contemporary equivalents in the West: Jabir ibn Haiyan, al-Kindi, al-Khwarizmi, al-Fargani, al-Razi, Thabit ibn Qurra, al-Battani, Hunain ibn Ishaq, al-Farabi, Ibrahim ibn Sinan, al-Masudi, al-Tabari, Abul Wafa, ‘Ali ibn Abbas, Abul Qasim, Ibn al-Jazzar, al-Biruni, Ibn Sina, Ibn Yunus, al- Kashi, Ibn al-Haitham, ‘Ali Ibn ‘Isa al-Ghazali, al-zarqab, Omar Khayyam. A magnificent array of names which it would not be difficult to extend. If anyone tells you that the Middle Ages were scientifically sterile, just quote these men to him, all of whom flourished within a short period, 750 to 1100 A.D.”

Contents

• The Time of Jabir Ibn Haiyan – Second Half of Eighth Century
• The Time of Al-Khwarizmi – First Half of Ninth Century
• The Time of Al-Razi – Second Half of Ninth Century
• The Time of Al-Mas’udi – First Half of Tenth Century
• The Time of Abu-Al-Wafa- Second Half of Tenth Century
• The Time of Al-Biruni – First Half of Eleventh Century
• The Time of Omar Khayyam – Second Half of Eleventh Century
• Timeline of Islamic Scientists (700-1400)

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