Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī: (September 15 973 in Kath, Khwarezm – December 13 1048 in Ghazni) was a Persian Muslim polymath of the 11th century, whose experiments and discoveries were as significant and diverse as those of Leonardo da Vinci or Galileo, five hundred years before the Renaissance; al-Biruni was well-known in the Muslim world, but unlike some of his other Muslim contemporaries (such as Abulcasis, Alhacen, and Avicenna), al-Biruni's name was little known in the Western world
born September 973, Khwrezm, Khorsn died Dec. 13, 1048, Ghazna, Ghaznavid Afg. Persian scientist and scholar. Sometime after 1017, he went to India, a land of which he wrote an encyclopaedic account. Later he settled at Ghazna in Afghanistan, where he enjoyed the support of the renowned Mahmd of Ghazna and other rulers of the Ghaznavid dynasty. Conversant with many languages, he wrote in Arabic, producing works on mathematics, astronomy, astrology, geography, physics, medicine, history, and chronology. His scientific achievements included accurate calculations of latitude and longitude and explanations of natural springs by the laws of hydrostatics. His best-known works are A History of India and Chronology of Ancient Nations
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Biruni (973 - 1051), İslam bilgini. Fars i Arap veya Türk kökenli olduğu yönünde iddialar mevcuttur. Tam adı Ebu Reyhan Muhammed bin Ahmed el-Birûnî' dir. Batı dillerinde adı Alberuni veya Aliboron olarak geçer. Gökbilim, matematik, doğa bilimleri, coğrafya ve tarih alanındaki çalışmalarıyla tanınır. Yaşamı üstüne ayrıntılı bilgi yoktur