Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi Facts
Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi Facts
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| The Muslims conquered Persia in 651 and ushered the Islamic Golden Age. |
| Caliph Harun al-Rashid founded the House of Wisdom where well known scholars from many nations came together to share ideas information. |
| The House of Wisdom was an educational and research institution and its scholars made many original contributions to science. |
| An observatory was created in the 800's and the House of Wisdom became the center for the study of mathematics, astronomy, medicine and chemistry. |
| The House of Wisdom had the largest library in the world but it was destroyed in the Siege of Baghdad in 1258. |
| Though there are few details of his early life, the name Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi would suggest that he was born in what today is northern Iraq or southern Uzbekistan. |
| He made important contributions to mathematics, geography, astronomy and cartography. |
| Latin translations of his work introduced the decimal to the Western world. |
| He was long considered the father of algebra. |
| The word is derived from al-jabr, one of the two systems he used to solve quadratic equations. |
| In 830 he wrote Compendious book On Calculation by Completion and Balancing which offered the first system of systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations. |
| It contained a detailed account of solving polynomial equations and balancing equations. |
| The Latin form of his name is Algoritmi, which is the basis for the words algorism and algorithm. |
| He wrote on astronomy and astrology and revised Ptolemy's Geography. |
| About 825 he wrote On the Calculation with Hindu Numerals, which spread the use of algorithms throughout Europe and the Middle East. |
| Al-Khwarizmi was a major contributor to Islamic astronomy. |
| In 820 CE he published Zij al-Sindhind which contained 37 chapters of calendrical and astronomical calculations and 116 charts detailing movement of the sun, moon and planets. |
| Zij al-Sindhind also contained tables of trigonometric functions. |
| The original Arabic manuscript has been lost and only the Latin translation has survived. |
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