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Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
780 – 850Gave the world algebra and, through his own name, the algorithm.
Uzbekistan·Mathematics · Astronomy · ComputingFull profile
Al-Biruni
973 – 1048Measured Earth's radius to within 1% and wrote the first comparative anthropology of India.
Uzbekistan·Astronomy · Mathematics · History
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
980 – 1037Wrote the medical textbook that trained Europe's doctors until 1650.
Uzbekistan·Medicine · Philosophy · AstronomyFull profile
Ulugh Beg
1394 – 1449Sultan-astronomer whose star catalogue stood unmatched for two centuries.
Uzbekistan·Astronomy · Mathematics