Islamic Science

The House of Wisdom (Bayt al-Hikma) was a institution for education and research founded by the caliph al-Ma'mun. It was probably based on the Persian academy of Gundishapur. It recruited and supported the most talented scholars, including Mohammed ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, the Bana Musa brothers - ( Mohammed Jafar ibn Musa, Ahmad ibn Musa, Hunain ibn Ishaq and al-Hasan ibn Musa) - and Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Ishaq al-Sabbah al-Kindi. Among the most important activities of the House was the task of translating Greek manuscripts into Arabic. Scholars associated with the House also authored numerous original works. ...more on Wikipedia about "House of Wisdom"

During the Islamic Golden Age ( 750 - 1500) philosophers, scientists and engineers of the Islamic world contributed enormously to technology, both by preserving earlier traditions and by adding their own inventions and innovations. Scientific and intellectual achievements blossomed in the Golden age. ...more on Wikipedia about "Islamic Golden Age"

Islamic medicine is the profession of Muslim doctors and one of the fields of study in Islamic science. ...more on Wikipedia about "Islamic medicine"

Islamic science is science in the context of traditional religious ideas of Islam, including its ethics and philosophy.. A Muslim engaged in this field is called a Muslim scientist ...more on Wikipedia about "Islamic science"

* Ibn Sina, (Avicenna), Philosopher and Physician ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Iranian scientists and scholars"

:This is a sub-article of Muslim scientists. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Muslim scientists"

The oculist or kahhal (کحال), a somewhat despised professional in Galen’s time, was an honored member of the medical profession by the Abbasid period, occupying a unique place in royal households. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ophthalmology in medieval Islam" It's real www.shortopedia.com feeling! Islamic_Science

* 965 - 1040 [mathematics; optics; physics] Born ibn al-Haitham (full name, ; latinized name, Alhazen). Possibly the first to classify all even perfect numbers (i.e., numbers equal to the sum of their proper divisors) as those of the form $2^\{k-1\}(2^k\; -\; 1)$ where $2^k\; -\; 1$ is prime number [1]. Al-Haytham is also the first person to state Wilson's theorem. if $p$ is prime than $1+(p-1)!$ is divisible by $p$. [1] says "It is called Wilson's theorem because of a comment by Waring in 1770 that John Wilson had noticed the result. There is no evidence that Wilson knew how to prove it. ... Lagrange gave the first known proof in 1771, ... more than 750 years after al-Haytham." ...more on Wikipedia about "Timeline of Islamic science and technology"

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