Al-Beruni
Al Beruni ‘s full name was Abu Rayhan Muhammad in Ahmad. He was born at September 5, 973Khwarazm, Samanid Persia. His main interests were Physics, anthropology, comparative sociology, astronomy, astrology, chemistry, history, geography, mathematics, medicine, psychology, philosophy, theology. He was called as founder of anthropology and indology. He was one of the first exponents of an experimental method of investigation,[8] introducing this method into mechanics[9] and what is nowadays called mineralogy, psychology,[10] and astronomy.[ The crater Al-Biruni on the Moon is named after him. Tashkent Technical University (formerly Tashkent Polytechnic Institute) is also named after Abu Rayhan al-Biruni and a university founded by Ahmad Shah Massoud in Kapisa is named after him.He was born in Khwarazm, then part of the Samanid Empire (modern Khiva, Uzbekistan). He studied mathematics and astronomy under Abu Nasr Mansur. Biruni's works number 146 in total. These include 35 books on astronomy, 4 on astrolabes, 23 on astrology, 5 on chronology, 2 on time measurement, 9 on geography, 10 on geodesy and mapping theory, 15 on mathematics (8 on arithmetic, 5 on geometry, 2 on trigonometry), 2 on mechanics, 2 on medicine and pharmacology, 1 on meteorology, 2 on mineralogy and gems, 4 on history, 2 on India, 3 on religion and philosophy, 16 literary works, 2 books on magic, and 9 unclassified books. He died at December 15, 1048(1048-12-15) (aged 75). He was buried in Ghazni.
Al Beruni ‘s full name was Abu Rayhan Muhammad in Ahmad. He was born at September 5, 973Khwarazm, Samanid Persia. His main interests were Physics, anthropology, comparative sociology, astronomy, astrology, chemistry, history, geography, mathematics, medicine, psychology, philosophy, theology. He was called as founder of anthropology and indology. He was one of the first exponents of an experimental method of investigation,[8] introducing this method into mechanics[9] and what is nowadays called mineralogy, psychology,[10] and astronomy.[ The crater Al-Biruni on the Moon is named after him. Tashkent Technical University (formerly Tashkent Polytechnic Institute) is also named after Abu Rayhan al-Biruni and a university founded by Ahmad Shah Massoud in Kapisa is named after him.He was born in Khwarazm, then part of the Samanid Empire (modern Khiva, Uzbekistan). He studied mathematics and astronomy under Abu Nasr Mansur. Biruni's works number 146 in total. These include 35 books on astronomy, 4 on astrolabes, 23 on astrology, 5 on chronology, 2 on time measurement, 9 on geography, 10 on geodesy and mapping theory, 15 on mathematics (8 on arithmetic, 5 on geometry, 2 on trigonometry), 2 on mechanics, 2 on medicine and pharmacology, 1 on meteorology, 2 on mineralogy and gems, 4 on history, 2 on India, 3 on religion and philosophy, 16 literary works, 2 books on magic, and 9 unclassified books. He died at December 15, 1048(1048-12-15) (aged 75). He was buried in Ghazni.
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