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Revolution of Science and Techonology IN Middle East

The document discusses the revolution of science and technology in the Middle East from the 12th century onwards. Key figures that advanced scientific inquiry included Ibn al-Haytham, who established the modern scientific method and invented the camera obscura; Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, who authored influential medical encyclopedias; and Ibn al-Nafis, who pioneered the study of pulmonary circulation. Major discoveries were made in fields like mathematics, astronomy, medicine, and chemistry by scientists such as al-Khwarizmi, Jābir ibn Hayyān, and al-Bīrūnī.

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Revolution of Science and Techonology IN Middle East

The document discusses the revolution of science and technology in the Middle East from the 12th century onwards. Key figures that advanced scientific inquiry included Ibn al-Haytham, who established the modern scientific method and invented the camera obscura; Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, who authored influential medical encyclopedias; and Ibn al-Nafis, who pioneered the study of pulmonary circulation. Major discoveries were made in fields like mathematics, astronomy, medicine, and chemistry by scientists such as al-Khwarizmi, Jābir ibn Hayyān, and al-Bīrūnī.

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REVOLUTION OF

SCIENCE AND
TECHONOLOGY
IN
MIDDLE EAST

1
MODERN SCIENTIFIC METHOD

✣ -consists of gathering
evidence by the way of
reasoning and
formulating hypotheses
and conducting
experiments by the
Arab scientist in 12th
century.

2
ARABIC SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY

✣ flourished into
major discoveries in
the field of
mathematics,
physics, astronomy,
chemistry, medicine
and optics.

3
Ibn al-Haytham
✣ founder of optics,
law of refraction
-invented camera
obscura or pinhole
camera -founder of
the modern
scientific method.

4
Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi

✣ -authored an
influential
multivolume
encyclopedia of all
known medical
knowledge -made
monograph for
smallpox and
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measles.
Ibn al-Nafis

✣ pioneered the
study of the
pulmonary
circulation of
blood -first to
recognize that
lungs purify blood.

6
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khawarzm

✣ father of algebra (his


book Algebra was the
first treatise on the
systematic solutions of
linear and quadratic
equations -introduced
the decimal
positioning system in
mathematics.

7
JABIR IBN HAYYAN

✣ Found a method
purifying elemental
mercury and
discovered many
acid like
Hydrochloric acid,
and Sulfuric acid
used in batteries
8
vehicles.
Abu al-Wafa al-Buzjanî

✣ -discoverer of
the sine law
and the double
angle
identities.

9
Al-Biruni

✣ -calculated the
circumference of
the Earth and
invented many
astronomical
techniques and
devices.

10
Al-Ṭabarī
✣ Invented the
first medical
encyclopedia.

11
IMHOTEP

✣ Designed
zoser’s pyramid
and wrote the
oldest surgical
document in the
history of
mankind.
12
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

✣ Create a more
accurate, earth-
centered planetary
model after
finding flaws with
Ptolemy's model of
planetary motion.

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