Works of Persian astronomer al-Khwarizmi, fully named Muhammad ibn-Musa al-Khwarizmi, introduced Arabic numerals and algebraic concepts to western mathematics; from his name derives the word algorithm.
This polymath produced vastly influential works in geography. Around 820, people appointed him as the head of the library of the house of wisdom in Baghdad.
Works of Persian astronomer al-Khwarizmi, fully named Muhammad ibn-Musa al-Khwarizmi, introduced Arabic numerals and algebraic concepts to western mathematics; from his name derives the word algorithm.
This polymath produced vastly influential works in geography. Around 820, people appointed him as the head of the library of the house of wisdom in Baghdad.
“Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.”
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Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī