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HAMSIAH HAMID (0239238) INTAN SUHANA HASAN (0234686) NURUL ‘ASYIKIN MAT YUNUS (0239498)
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Abu Ali AL-Hussain Ibn Abdallah Ibn Sina (Avicenna) Born in 980 AD at Afshana Received his early education in Bukhara 10 years old - Become well versed in the study of the Quran and various sciences 17 years old – Cure Nooh Ibn Mansoor, the King of Bukhara, of an illness in which all the well-known physicians had given up hope 21 years old – Become an established physician and political administrator Died in 1037 A.D
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Famous book - Qanun fi al-Tibb (Canon) His important original contribution includes: Recognition of the contagious nature of phthisis and tuberculosis Distribution of diseases by water and soil Interaction between psychology and health The first to describe meningitis Described 760 drugs for pharmacological methods Made rich contributions to anatomy, gynecology and child health The first physician who suggested the treatment for lachrymal fistula
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Famous contribution - Kitab al-Shifa (Book of Healing) It classified the entire field such as: Theoretical knowledge Physics Mathematics Metaphysics Practical knowledge Ethics Economics Politic Other his well known works – Al - Najat and Isharat.
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Observed Venus as a spot against the surface of the Sun Correctly deduced that Venus must be closer to the Earth than the Sun Invented an instrument for observing the coordinates of a star Calculate the difference in longitude between Baghdad and Gurgan by observing a meridian transit of the moon at Gurgan
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Doubling a 'great' step towards the harmonic system Observed that in the series of consonances represented by (n + 1)/n, the ear is unable to distinguish them when n = 45 His work was mainly on tonic intervals, rhythmic patterns, and musical instruments
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Contributed to the study of different forms of energy, heat, light and mechanical, and such concepts as force, vacuum and infinity Propounded on an interconnection between time and motion Made investigations on specific gravity and used an air thermometer
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Did not believe in the possibility of chemical transmutation in metals His treatise on minerals was one of the main sources of geology of Christian encyclopedist
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The first scientist to describe the minute and graphic description of different parts of the eye Condemned conjectures and presumptions in anatomy Asserts that muscular movements are possible because of the nerves supplied to them, and the perception of pain in the muscles is also due to the nerves. Observes that liver spleen and kidney do not contain any nerves but the nerves are embedded in the covering of these organs
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Less known in Earth Science In Kitab Al-Shifa, He had presented fundamental principles of Geology in terms of Earth processes, major events and long geologic time
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One of the greatest Muslim scholars in the world A famous clinician or an eminent writer A renowned pharmacologist, philosophers, researchers, theorist, poet, and a successful politician More than 276 books, essays and treaties credited to him He considered the scientific and mathematical theory of the world and ultimate causation by God His aim is sought to be integrate all aspect and religion in a metaphysical vision He is considered as one of the four great Mutalizite scholars besides Al-Kindi, Al-Farabi and Ibn Rusyd
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