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IBN SINA (AVICENNE)

(1037-980)

Abu Ali-Hussain Ibn Abdallah Ibn Sina was born in 980 A.D. at Afshana near Bukhara

The young Abu Ali received his early education in Bukhara , and by the age of ten , had become well versed in the study of the Qur 'an and var-ious sciences

He started stdying philosophy by reading various Greek , Muslim and other books on this subject , and learnt logic and some other subjects from Abu Abdallah Natili , a famous philosopher of the time

While still young , he attained such a degree of expertise in medicine that his renown spread far and wide

Ibn Sina also contributed to mathematics , physics , music and other fields

He was the most famous physician , philosopher , encyclo-pedist , mathematician and astronomer of his time

His major contribution to medical sci-ence was his famous book ''Al-Qanun'' , known as the ''canon'' in the West

The ''Qanun fi Al-Tibb'' is an immense encyclopedia of med-icine extending over a million words