Wrote in Hindu-Arabic Numbers First to Use Zero in Positional Base Notation
Worked in the House of Wisdom around 825 CE
Considered the Father of Algebra
Origin of the Word Algebra. It is a Latin variant of the Arabic word al-jabr
Algebra was also used non-mathematically in Alegbrista to mean bonesetter. Barbers in medieval times did bone-setting and bloodletting, hence the red and white stripes of barber poles.
Abbas ibn Firnas
Inventor, Engineer, Poet
Attempted to fly using hand-made wings in 875; what the Wright Brothers would also attempt to do centuries later
A crater on the moon and the airport in Baghdad are named in his honor
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (780-850)
Wrote in Hindu-Arabic NumbersFirst to Use Zero in Positional Base Notation
Worked in the House of Wisdom around 825 CE
Considered the Father of Algebra
For more on al-Khwarizmi, link to The Mathematical Legacy of Islam by Keith Devlin (July/August, 2002)
Robert of Chester's Latin Translation of the Algebra of al-Khowarizmi (completed in the year 1145)
Link to Arabic Mathematicians: Forgotten Brilliance? from the University of St. Andrews
Arab Contributions from Texas A&M University
Origin of the Word Algebra. It is a Latin variant of the Arabic word al-jabr
Algebra was also used non-mathematically in Alegbrista to mean bonesetter. Barbers in medieval times did bone-setting and bloodletting, hence the red and white stripes of barber poles.
House of Wisdom from American Museum of Natural History
The House of Wisdom: Baghdad's Intellectual Powerhouse from 1001 Inventions
Considered the Father of Trigonometry
Hindu-Arabic Numbers
The Arab Number System
Arabic-Hindu Numerals and the Development of Modern Mathematics
Muslim Scientists
Abbas ibn Firnas
Inventor, Engineer, Poet
Attempted to fly using hand-made wings in 875; what the Wright Brothers would also attempt to do centuries later
A crater on the moon and the airport in Baghdad are named in his honor
A Medieval First in Flight: Visualizing Abbas Ibn Firnas and the Art of Early Aviation