Abrief on the life of Islamic sienticets

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ABU AL-NASR AL-FARABI
(950-870)

Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn Al-Farakh Al-Farabi was born in a small village named Wasij , near farab in Turkistan in 259 A.H.(870A.D)

He completed his earlier education at Farab and Bukhara but , later on , he went to Baghdad for higher studies

There , he studied and workedfrom 901A.D. to 942A.D. During that period , he acquired mastery over several ********s as well as various branches of knowledge and technology

He lived throughthe reign of six Abbasid Caliphs

As a philoso-pher and scientist , he acquired great proficien-cy in various branches of learning and is reported to have been an expert in different ********s

He died a bachelor in Damascus in 339 A.H.\950A.D. at theage of 80years

Al-Farabi contributed considerably to science , philosophy , logic , sociology , medicine , mathe-matics and music

His major contributions seem to be in philosophy , logic and sociology and of course , he stands out as an Encyclopedist

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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

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ABUL HASAN
ALI IBN AL-MAS'UDI
(Died 957A.D)


Abul Hasan Ali Ibn Husain Ibn Ali Al-Mas'udi was a descendant of Abdallah Ibn Mas'ud , a companion of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him(

An expert geographer , a physicist and historian , Mas'udi was born in the last decade of the 9th centry A.D ; his exact date of birth being unknown

He was a Mutazilite Arab , who explored distant lands and died in Cairo in 957 A.D

whatever he has recorded was with a scientif-ic approach and constituted an important con-tribution to geography , history and earth sci-ences

It is interesting to note that he was one of the early scientists who propounded several aspects of evolution viz , from minerals to plant , plant to animal and animal to man

His researches and views extensively influenced the sciences of historiography , geography and earth sciences for several countries

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MOHAMMAD BIN MUSA
AL-KHAWARIZMI
(Died840A.D)

Abu Abdullah Mohammad Ibn Musa Al-Khawarizmi was born at Khawarizm , south of Aral sea

Very little is known about his early life , except for the fact that his parents had migrated to a place south of Baghdad

The exact dates of his birth and death are also not known , but it is established that he flourished under Al-Ma'mun in Baghdad through 813-833 A.D , and probably died around 840A.D

Al-Khawarizmi was a mathematician , astrono-mer , and geographer

He was , perhaps , one of the greatest mathematicians who ever lived , as , in fact , he was the founder of several branches and basic concepts of mathematics

The influence of Al-Khawarizmi on the growth of science , in general , and mathematics , astronomy and geography , in particular , is well wstablished in history