Muslim Achievement Part 2 Scientific Contributions Copyright © Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved.

Math Arabic Numbers were adapted from India Included the number ZERO Led to study of optics which helped develop lenses for telescopes and microscopes

Medical Advances The Comprehensive Book – An encyclopedia of medicine using knowledge from Greek, Syrian, Arabic and Indian sources of knowledge

Science Relied on Scientific observation and experimentation Translated and studied Greek texts

Astrolabe? Page 245 in Text book What is it? What does it measure? What is it compared to? Describe this device.

Pictures Cited Slide 2 – http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/History/Carnegie/newton/telescope1.jpg Slide 3 – http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/fr/i14_120.gif Slide 4 – Clipart 2007 Slide 5 – http://www.zakariya.net/images/gallery/fullsize/Aramco-Astrolabe-Face.jpg