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Group 2 ARA 102 S21 sec 06E- 2:00 pm - Islamic Science after the Abbasid…
Group 2 ARA 102 S21 sec 06E- 2:00 pm - Islamic Science after the Abbasid Era
Arab Muslim Scientists
Ala Al-Din Ibn Al-Shatir
His most important work was The Final Quest Concerning the Rectification of Principles
His criticism of Ptolemy’s model was empirical rather than the philosophical criticisms most other Muslim scientists had made.
Damascene astronomer, mathematician, engineer, and inventor; worked as the Muwaqqit of the Great Ummayad Mosque of Damascus.
Non-Arab Muslim Scientists
Muhammad Al Tusi
There he made important contributions both in observations (such as describing the Milky Way as a concentration of stars,
came up with the very important “Tusi couple” geometric construction
He convinced Hulagu to build an observatory in order to construct accurate astronomical tables for improved astrological predictions
The greatest of the later Persian scholars; a polymath and prolific writer, with contributions, some of them quite revolutionary, in astronomy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, philosophy, and Isma`ili theology.
َQutb al-Din Al-Shirazi
he presented his models for planetary motion, improving on Ptolemy's principle
In astronomy, his most important work was The Limit of Accomplishment Concerning Knowledge of the Heavens and The Royal Present
Persian polymath and poet who made contributions in astronomy, mathematics, physics, medicine, philosophy, and other field
Kamal al-Din Al-Farisi
he introduced a major new approach based on factorization and combinatorial methods.
He made the first mathematically correct explanation of the rainbow
He was a mathematician and physicist who made important contributions in numbers theory and in optics
Mirza Mu ammad
He was a Timurid ruler as well as an important astronomer and mathematician
one of the greatest star catalogues of pre-modern times.
his greatest contribution perhaps was building the Samarkand observatory
Al-Qushji, Ala al-Din Ali
he thus concluded, on empirical grounds, that there is no scientific reason to reject the moving Earth theory
Known for establishing astronomy on physical rather than philosophical bases
Turkic or Persian astronomer, mathematician and physicist
presenting an alternative model for Mercury
Al-Khafri, Shams al-Din
one of the most competent of all the mathematical astronomers and planetary theorists of medieval Islam
He represents the culmination of the Maragha school of astronomy
Iranian theoretical astronomer and religious scholar,
Non-Muslim Scientists
Group 2 ARA 102 S21 sec 06E- 2:00 pm
Aya Kilidar 87822
Ali Ismaiel 81179
Abdullah Taram 88765
Abbas Hazzem 81033
Nour Ahmed Ibrahim