Friday, 4 April 2014

Fathers of Maths & Science

The below facts are taken from Wikipedia and almost all the scholars existed between 7th to 15th century AD.

# Subject  Founder/Father European Name Comments Reference 
1 Father of Al-Gabra(Algebra)  Al Khawazimi 
Algoritmi
Do you know the word Algorithm comes from his name http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Khwarizmi
2 First father of Chemistry   Jabir Ibn Hayyan  Geber   http://chemistry.about.com/od/historyofchemistry/a/Who-Is-The-Father-Of-Chemistry.htm
http://chemistry.about.com/b/2013/08/20/who-is-the-father-of-chemistry.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81bir_ibn_Hayy%C4%81n
3 The True Fathers of Alchemey ["Alchemy itself was derived from the Arabic word الكيمياء al-kimia"] Gabir/Alkindi/Razi
a) Razi was named Rhazes b) Jabir was named Gabir/Gaber ..contributed a number of key chemical discoveries, such as the muriatic (hydrochloric acid), sulfuric and nitric
acids, and more. The discovery that aqua regia, a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids, could dissolve the noblest metal, gold, was to fuel the imagination of alchemists for the next millennium..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy
4 Experimental physics ibn al-Haytham  Alhazen   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhazen
5 Optics ibn al-Haytham  Alhazen   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhazen
6 Geodesy Al-buruni    Geodesy: A branch of Applied Mathematica and earth Sciences http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biruni
7 Indology Al-buruni     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biruni
8 Pediatrics Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi
Rhazes
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhazes
9 Father of the fundamental concept of momentum in physics Ibn Sina Avicenna  Ibn Sina called as Avicenna in Europe also wrote the book "The Canon of Medicine"      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canon_of_Medicine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicenna
10 Father of Modern Cryptology Al-Kindi      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Kindi
11 Snell's law [..first discovering the law of refraction, usually called Snell's law..] Ibn Sahl     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Sahl
12 First theorems on hyperbolic geometry Alhacen( ibn al-Haytham ), Khayyam and al-Tusi      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic_geometry
13 Trigonometry -Advancements Refer Comments   a) Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī : Produced accurate sine and cosine tables, and the first table of tangents
b) Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi : Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi produced the first table of cotangents
c) Al-Jayyani: The first treatise on spherical trigonometry
d) Pythagorean_theorem - Arbitrary_triangle: Thabit Ibn Qurra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_theorem#Arbitrary_triangle
more: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~dallen/masters/islamic/arab.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_trigonometry
14 Trigonometry -Advancements (Cubic Equations) Omar-Khayyam   Omar-Khayyam: discovered that a cubic equation can have more than one solution and stated that it cannot be solved using compass and straightedge constructions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_equation
15 The True fathers of Astronmy (Galileo? - Noway, readthe below article) Refer Comments: [The true father should be al-Khwarizmi for the work contains tables for the movements of the sun, the moon and the
five planets known at the time.]
  a) "A significant number of stars in the sky, such as Aldebaran and Altair, and astronomical terms such as alidade, azimuth, and almucantar, are still referred to by their Arabic names."
b) al-Khwarizmi :The work contains tables for the movements of the sun, the moon and the five planets known at the time.
b)  Al-Farghani :  precessional movement of the apogees of the sun and the moon, and the circumference of the earth.
c) Alburani : Explained different phases of the moon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy_in_medieval_Islam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Muslim_astronomers
d) According to Copernicus, Thabit determined the length of the sidereal year as 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes and 12 seconds (an error of 2 seconds). Copernicus based his claim on the Latin text attributed to Thabit. Thabit published his observations of the Sun.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C4%81bit_ibn_Qurra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy_in_medieval_Islam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Muslim_astronomers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C4%81bit_ibn_Qurra
16 Father of Integral Calculas  ibn al-Haytham  Alhazen .. Alhazen derived a formula for the sum of fourth powers. He used the results to carry out what
would now be called an integration, where the formulas for the sums of integral squares and fourth powers allowed him to calculate the volume of a paraboloid...
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_calculus
17 Father of modern surgery Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi Albucasis   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_al-Qasim_al-Zahrawi
18 Father of Scientific Methods  ibn al-Haytham  Alhazen   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhazen
19 Father Of Economics Ibn_Khaldun     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Khaldun
20 Father Of Sociology Ibn_Khaldun     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Khaldun
21 Historiography Ibn_Khaldun     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Khaldun
22 Demography Ibn_Khaldun     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Khaldun
23 World Map  Muhammad al-Idrisi
Dreses
The most advanced world map http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_al-Idrisi
24 Pulmonary Blood Circulation Al-Nafis     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Nafis
25 The TRUE FATHER OF Mechanical Engineering  Al-Jazari   ..he described 100 mechanical devices, some 80 of which are trick vessels of various kinds, along with instructions on how to construct them . He invented  hydropowered water raising machines, CrankShaft, Segmental Gears, Chain Pumps, Suction pump, Suction pipes, double action pumps, water supply system to be driven by gears and hydropower and Elephant Clocks.Al-Jazari invented five machines for raising water,[24] as well as watermills and water wheels with cams on their axle used to operate automata. HE IS ALSO THE FATHER OF ROBOTICS.                   TRUTH ABOUT DAVINCI- Do you know? It is said that Davinci was inspired by Al-Jazari inventions. But the truth is he was a painter. He suddenly disappeared for few years  and after he came back started drawing mechanical equipments(Source- History cannel : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9xWflIw0g4) . HE MUST HAVE COPIED AND LEARNT HIS DIAGRAMS FROM AL-JAZARI and others. Also as muslims he testified the fact that Jesus(Pbuh) was a man.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari
26 Father OF ROBOTICS Al-Jazari   Musical robot band: al-Jazari created a musical automaton, which was a boat with four automatic musicians that floated on a lake to entertain guests http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari
27 Theory Of Relativity  Alhazen(ibn al-Haytham) [It is not Newton] Alhazen Alhazen is also the father of optics, experimental physics, scientific methods and Integral Calculus.
He published about gravity in some of his 200 bublished books
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhazen
28 Father of Amicable Numbers & Thabit Numbers Al-Ṣābiʾ Thābit ibn Qurra al-Ḥarrānī  Thabit   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C4%81bit_ibn_Qurra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thabit_number
Other References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_considered_father_or_mother_of_a_scientific_field
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Muslim_scientists
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_medicine
https://www.facebook.com/LostIslamicHistory, lostIslamicHistory.com
Do you Know?
Algorithm/Algorism: The word algorithm comes from the name of the 9th century Persian mathematician Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm]
Do you know the word AL has an arabic origin - mean THE. Many of the words were coined by Muslims, like Algebra, Algorithm, Alcohol.. . Even the word Allah begins with AL.      
Other Major Advancements :
Sperical Trigonometry
Al-Jayyani (989–1079) of al-Andalus wrote The book of unknown arcs of a sphere, which is considered "the first treatise on spherical trigonometry" in its modern form.[33] It "contains formulae for right-handed triangles, the general law of sines, and the solution of a spherical triangle by means of the polar triangle." This treatise later had a "strong influence on European mathematics", and his "definition of ratios as numbers" and "method of solving a spherical triangle when all sides are unknown" are likely to have influenced Regiomontanus.[33]  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_trigonometry]
Trigonometry - Other Advancement: The method of triangulation was first developed by Muslim mathematicians, who applied it to practical uses such as surveying[34] and Islamic geography, as described by Abu Rayhan Biruni in the early 11th century. Biruni himself introduced triangulation techniques to measure the size of the Earth and the distances between various places.[35] In the late 11th century, Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) solved cubic equations using approximate numerical solutions found by interpolation in trigonometric tables. In the 13th century, Nasīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī was the first to treat trigonometry as a mathematical discipline independent from astronomy, and he developed spherical trigonometry into its present form.[29] He listed the six distinct cases of a right-angled triangle in spherical trigonometry, and in his On the Sector Figure, he stated the law of sines for plane and spherical triangles, discovered the law of tangents for spherical triangles, and provided proofs for both these laws.[36]

In the 15th century, Jamshīd al-Kāshī provided the first explicit statement of the law of cosines in a form suitable for triangulation.[citation needed] In France, the law of cosines is still referred to as the theorem of Al-Kashi. He also gave trigonometric tables of values of the sine function to four sexagesimal digits (equivalent to 8 decimal places) for each 1° of argument with differences to be added for each 1/60 of 1°.[citation needed] Ulugh Beg also gives accurate tables of sines and tangents correct to 8 decimal places around the same time.[citation needed]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_trigonometry]
Medicine -Great Achievements   There so many, many advancement made by Muslim Scientist In the field of Medicine,