List of scientists and scholars :
who made remarkable contributions in different fields
of science. Abul Qāsim
az-Zahrawī was a renowned
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Muslim surgeon and physician.
His fame rests in his book “al-Tasrīf”. This was an amazing work on
medical science which laid the foundation of the development of surgery in
Europe. Abu Ishāq was
a great philosopher and translator. He translated and wrote commentaries on the
philosophical works of Aristotle. He was also a famous mathematician,
astronomer, optician, physicist and pharmacologist. Abū Raihān al-Bayrūni was the first to
discover that light travels faster than sound. He was also a learned
philosopher, geographer and a physicist. Abul Wafā al-Buzajānī was a notable mathematician.
His contributions to the development of Trigonometry are remarkable. Ibn alHaytham was a
prominent Muslim physicist who made the first significant contributions to the
optical theory. Ibn Sinā,
a renowned Muslim scientist, produced a book “Kitab-ush-Shifā’”. It discusses the natural
sciences including Metaphysics, Astronomy, Geometry and Psychology. Muhammad bin Mūsa al-Khawarzimī
was a famous mathematician and astronomer. He accomplished the oldest works on
Arithmetic and Algebra. He was the first person to use Zero. Al-Fārābī was a great
Islamic thinker who transmitted the doctrines of Greek philosophers Plato and
Aristotle to the Arab world. And last but not the least Jābir bin Hayyān is recognized as the father
of modern Chemistry. He introduced experimental research in chemical sciences.
