Thābit ibn Qurra
Thābit ibn Qurra | |
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| Born | 210-211 AH/220-221 AH / 826 or 836 AD Harran, the Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia) (now in Şanlıurfa Province) |
| Died | Wednesday, 26 Safar, 288 AH / February 19, 901 AD Baghdad, Lower Mesopotamia |
| Academic background | |
| Influences | Banu Musa, Archimedes, Apollonius, Nicomachus, Euclid |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
Main interests | Mathematics, Mechanics, Astronomy, Astrology, Translation, Number theory |
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| Influenced | al-Khazini, al-Isfizari, Na'im ibn Musa |
Thābit ibn Qurra (full name: Abū al-Ḥasan Ṯābit ibn Qurra ibn Zahrūn al-Ḥarrānī al-Ṣābiʾ, Arabic: أبو الحسن ثابت بن قرة بن زهرون الحراني الصابئ, Latin: Thebit/Thebith/Tebit; 826 or 836 – February 19, 901), was a scholar known for his work in mathematics, medicine, astronomy, and translation. He lived in Baghdad in the second half of the ninth century during the time of the Abbasid Caliphate.
Thābit ibn Qurra made important discoveries in algebra, geometry, and astronomy. In astronomy, Thābit is considered one of the first reformers of the Ptolemaic system, and in mechanics he was a founder of statics. Thābit also wrote extensively on medicine and produced philosophical treatises.