This presentation focused on the historical and epistemic bearings of the scientific legacy of the celebrated polymath al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham (known in Latin as Alhazen) Nader El-Bizri* Note of the editor This is an edited version of the lecture presented by Professor Nader El-Bizri at the Muslim Heritage Awareness Group (MHAG) meeting organized by FSTC […]

Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi is one of the greatest scientific minds of the medieval period and a most important Muslim mathematician who was justly called the ‘father of algebra’. Besides his founding the science of jabr, he made major contributions in astronomy and mathematical geography. In this article, focus is laid on his mathematical work […]

“I invite you… to go back with me 1000 years to consider the fascinating history of the old Arabian ophthalmology which I have studied in the past five years.” With these words Julius Hirschberg, addressing the American Medical Association in July 1905, presented the work of Muslim ophtalmologists. Inspired by the pionnering work of the […]