1. Influencing the West Scientists and Philosophers
From the 9th to 14th Centuries
(3rd to 8th)

3. Basis of Islamic science:
1. There are universal laws.
2. These laws can be understood.
3. And applied to various fields.

4. Closer than we think: Falsafa = “knowledge of the universe”
Philosophia = “love of knowledge”

5. Contributions in Medicine

6. Contributions in Medicine
Razi – Latin name, Rhazes 865 – 925 AD (251– 311 AH)
“the Experienced”
• 200 books
• hygiene
• medical encyclopedia

7. Contributions in Medicine
Ibn Sina –
Latin name, Avicenna
980 – 1037 AD
“Prince of Philosophers”
Books, Canon of
Medicine

8. Contributions in Medicine
Ibn Rushd
Latin, Averroes
Medical books
Physician
Judge
Commentaries
on Aristotle

9. Contributions in Medicine
Surgery, Abulcasis surgery guide

10. Contributions in Medicine
Surgery, Abulcasis surgery guide
Medical School and Exams

11. Contributions in Medicine
Surgery, Abulcasis surgery guide
Medical School and Exams
Eye specialists

12. Contributions in Medicine
Surgery, Abulcasis surgery guide
Medical School and Exams
Eye specialists
Pharmacies

13. Contributions in Medicine
Surgery, Abulcasis surgery guide
Medical School and Exams
Eye specialists
Pharmacies
Medical license & hospitals

14. Contributions in Chemistry
Jabir ibn Hayyan
721 – 815 AD
Gerber (Latin)

15. Jabir’s Contributions in Chemistry
1. new techniques for refining metals,
preparing steel,
dying cloth & leather.
• 2. acetic acid, the use of manganese dioxide.
• 3. crystallize compounds.

16. Razi’s Contributions
Equipment lists for labs
Categories of substances

17. Contributions in Math “Arabic” numbers Decimal system Sifr = “0”
Sifr = zephyrum (Latin) = zero (Italian)
English: cipher

18. Abu Ja’fer Muhammed ibn Usa al-Khwarizmi
Uzbekistan,
Taught at House of Wisdom.
Wrote first text on Algebra – Hisab al-Jabr wa’l-Muqabala.
“the art of bringing together unknowns to match a known quantity.”

19. Other contributions Geometry, trigonometry Optics Astronomy
The Astrolabe

20. Ibn Khaldun’s statue in TunisAD
( AH)
• Forerunner of
Cultural History
• Muqaddima