Full Name: Abu’l-Barakāt Hibat Allah ibn Malkā al-Baghdādī . Arabic: أبو البركات هبة الله بن ملكا البغدادي Other Names: Baruch ben Malka, Nathanel. Born: 1080 AD. Died: 1164 AD. Origin: Balad (near Mosul, present-day Iraq). Famous for: Philosopher, Physician and Physicist. Contributions: He proposed an explanation of the acceleration of falling bodies by the accumulation…
Full Name: Ala al-Dīn Ali ibn Muhammed . Arabic: علاء الدين علي بن محمد Other Names: Ulugh Beg Born: 1403 AD. Died: 1474 AD. Origin: Samarkand, Timurid Empire (now Uzbekistan). Famous for: Astronomer and Mathematician. Contributions: The founding of Sahn-ı Seman Medrese, one of the first centers for the study of various traditional Islamic sciences…
A number of books are attributed to Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi written about astronomy, mathematics, medicine, physics, music theory, philosophy and Sufism. Full Name: Qotb al-Din Mahmoud b. Zia al-Din Mas’ud b. Mosleh Shirazi. Arabic: قطبالدینْ محمود بن ضیاءالدینْ مسعود بن مصلح شیرازی Born: 1236 AD. Died: 1311 AD. Origin: Kazerun, Iran. Famous for: Astronomer and…
Full Name: Sameera Moussa Arabic: سميرة موسى Other Names: Samira Musa Aly Born: 1917 AD. Died: 1952 AD. Origin: El Gharbia, Egypt. Famous for: Atomic Scientist and Physicist. Contributions: She is the first female Egyptian nuclear physicist. She was the first woman to work at Cairo University. She organized the Atomic Energy for Peace Conference…
Full Name: Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham Arabic: أبو علي، الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم Other Names: Alhazen, al-Baṣrī Born: c. 965 Died: c. 1040 Origin: Basra, Iraq. Famous for: Mathematician, Astronomer, and Physicist Contributions: Referred to as “the father of modern optics” Ibn al-Haytham was the first to correctly explain the theory of vision.…
Full Name: Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil Arabic: بورسين موتلو باكديل Origin: Istanbul, Turkey Born: Famous for: Astrophysicist Contribution: Her research led to a discovery of an extremely rare galaxy with a unique double-ringed elliptical structure, which is now commonly referred to as Burcin’s Galaxy Awards and honours NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow KICP Fellow 2020 TED Senior…
Full Name: Abu Sahl Wayjan ibn Rustam al-Kuhi. Arabic: ابوسهل بیژن ابن رستم کوهی Origin: Kuh (or Quh), an area in Tabaristan Persia, Iran. Born: 940 AD. Dies: 1,000 AD. Famous for: Mathematician, Physicist and Astronomer. Contribution: Al-Quhi was the leader of the astronomers working in 988 AD at the observatory built by the Buwayhid amir…
Abbas Ibn Firnas was born in 809-810 AD in Ronda, Andalusia, Spain. Full Name: Abu al-Qasim Abbas ibn Firnas ibn Wirdas al-Takurini Arabic: أبو القاسم عباس بن فرناس بن ورداس التاكرني Died: 887 A.D. Famous for: An inventor, astronomer, physician, chemist, engineer, Andalusi musician, and Arabic-language poet. Contributions: He was reported to have experimented with…
