Muslim scientists and inventors were hundreds of year ahead of the European. They wrote countless number of books ranging from medicine to surgery and so many other fields.
Below are 10 famous Muslim scientists and their inventions.
#1.Ibn Battutaa
Ibn was a traveller and he was also known as Shams ad-Din. He is the author of ‘The Rihlah’ (a travel book).
#2.Omar Khayyam
Omar was a Persian poet, mathematician and an astronomer. He is well-known for his scientific achievements.
#3.Al-Battani
He was an Arab astronomer, mathematician and scientists. He improved existing values for the length of the year and of seasons.
#4.Jabir Ibn Haiyan
He was the father of Arab chemistry and was known for his work on alchemy and metallurgy.
#5.Ibn Zuhr
He was an Arab physician and surgeon. Known by his influential book ‘Al-Taisir Fil-Mudawat Wal-Tadbeer’.
#6.Ibn Al-Baitar
He was and Arabic physician, scientist and a botanist who recorded discoveries made by Islamic physicians.
#7.Ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi
He was known to be the first Muslim peripatetic philosopher. Ibn Ishaq was a scientists and a philosopher.
#8.Thabit ibn Qurra
He was the founder of statics and the first reformer of the Ptolemaic system. Thabit was an astronomer, mathematician and a physician.
#9.Ibn Sina
He was a Persian philosopher who contributed to Aristotelian philosophy and medicine.
#10.Abu Nasr Al-Farabi
He was one of the preeminent thinkers of medieval era and was known as Alpharabius.