List of scientists in medieval Islamic world

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Islamic scientific achievements encompassed a wide range of subject areas, especially medicine, mathematics, astronomy, agriculture as well as physics, economics, engineering and optics. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Muslim scientists who have contributed significantly to science and civilization in the Islamic Golden Age (i.e. from the 8th century to the 14th century) include:

Astronomers and astrologers

Physiologists

Chemists and alchemists

Economists and social scientists

Geographers and earth scientists

Mathematicians

Philosophers

Physicists and engineers

See also

Notes

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  3. ↑ Hassan, Ahmad Y. 1996. "Factors Behind the Decline of Islamic Science After the Sixteenth Century." Pp. 351–99 in Islam and the Challenge of Modernity, edited by S. S. Al-Attas. Kuala Lumpur: International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Contributions of Islamic scholars to the scientific enterprise" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "The greatest scientific advances from the Muslim world". TheGuardian.com . February 2010.
  6. ↑ Haque 2004, p. 375.
  7. ↑ Saoud 2004.
  8. ↑ Haque 2004, p. 361.
  9. ↑ Deuraseh & Abu Talib 2005.
  10. ↑ Haque 2004, p. 362.
  11. ↑ Haque 2004, p. 363.
  12. 1 2 3 Martin-Araguz et al. 2002.
  13. ↑ Khaleefa 1999.
  14. ↑ Iqbal 1934.
  15. ↑ Safavi-Abbasi, Brasiliense & Workman 2007.
  16. ↑ Nasr & Leaman 1996.
  17. ↑ Russell 1994.
  18. ↑ Rosenthal 1950, p. 559.
  19. 1 2 3 Ahmed 1984.
  20. ↑ Khan 2000.
  21. ↑ Ahmed 2002.
  22. 1 2 3 Mowlana 2001.
  23. ↑ Abdalla 2007.
  24. ↑ Ahmed 1999.
  25. 1 2 Akhtar 1997.
  26. ↑ Oweiss 1988.
  27. ↑ Boulakia 1971.
  28. ↑ "Mas'udi, al-". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2006.
  29. ↑ Gari 2002.
  30. ↑ Gandz 1936.
  31. ↑ Nanisetti 2006.
  32. ↑ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Abu'l Hasan ibn Ali al Qalasadi", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive , University of St Andrews
  33. ↑ Al Deek 2004.
  34. ↑ Thiele 2005.
  35. ↑ Rozhanskaya & Levinova 1996.

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