Didn't He SayScientists
Scientists and investigators known for work in the natural, mathematical, and medical sciences.
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Al-Khwarizmi
Wrote foundational mathematical works that gave algebra and algorithm their later names.
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Revolutionized optics by arguing that vision occurs through light entering the eye.
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Combined mathematical astronomy, geography, chronology, and comparative cultural study.
OPEN THE PROFILE →Ibn al-Nafis
Described pulmonary circulation in a critique of Galenic anatomy.
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Authored a major surgical encyclopedia with descriptions of instruments and procedures.
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Became the namesake of a large alchemical corpus influential in Islamic and Latin traditions.
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Wrote an illustrated engineering manual describing sophisticated machines and automata.
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Produced one of the most sophisticated medieval geographical works for the Norman court of Sicily.
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Wrote an accessible astronomical summary that became influential in Latin translation.
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Translated and extended Greek mathematical and astronomical works in Abbasid Baghdad.
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Coined and defended agnosticism as a discipline of not claiming knowledge beyond evidence.
OPEN THE PROFILE →Charles Darwin
Changed debates about design, life, and belief by offering a natural mechanism for biological diversity.
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