Thursday 14 July 2011

Muhammad ibn Musa al- Khwarizmi Biography

Al-Khwarizmi was one of the most brilliant muslim scholars in the early Islamic culture. He was an astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and most importantly a mathematician.
Thanks to his devotion to math, we have the term "Algebra" from Hisab al-Jabr wa-al-Muqabala
His algebra book was the first book that had the systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations, hence, he is considered the "FATHER OF ALGEBRA" He was also on of the first first to use zero as a place holder in positional base notation.




>. Statue of Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, sitting in front of Khiva, north west of Uzbekistan.
Al-Khwārizmī was born in Khiva and lived in Persia in the year 800s.

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  1. MrVincent14 July 2011 at 13:23

    It is true that the West owes a great deal to the East. I hope to learn Arabic that one day I could read al-Khwarizmi and works of many other scholars in their originals.

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