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History Al-Biruni: The Great Polymath of the Islamic World
The life and achievements of al-Biruni in astronomy, mathematics, geography, and comparative religion, including his accurate measurement of the earth's circumf
History Ibn Hazm: The Andalusian Polymath
The scholar of Cordoba who authored works on theology, jurisprudence, comparative religion, and love, and founded the Zahiri school's most systematic articulati
History Abbas ibn Firnas: The Pioneer of Flight
The 9th-century Andalusian polymath who made one of the earliest known attempts at controlled f...