7 results for “astronomy”
Clear filter...holars in Islamic history. Authored over 140 works spanning astronomy, mathematics, geography, pharmacology, and comparative reli...
...of the Earth and produced influential works on mathematical astronomy.
Ottoman astronomer and mathematician; director of Samarkand observatory under Ulugh Beg, later chief teacher at Istanbul.
Timurid ruler of Samarkand and leading astronomer; his star catalog remained the most accurate until Tycho Brahe.
...rsal scholar of the classical Islamic world. Contributed to astronomy, mathematics, physics, geography, history, pharmacology, an...
Persian polymath, astronomer, and mathematician who served the Mongols. Founded the Maragha observatory.
Sabian mathematician and astronomer from Harran who made major contributions to geometry and number theory.