Al-Biruni
973 – 1048 · Uzbekistan · Astronomy, Mathematics, History
Measured Earth's radius to within 1% and wrote the first comparative anthropology of India.
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- Ptolemy
100 – 170 · Astronomy, Mathematics
Al-Biruni measures against the Almagest, correcting its parameters with new observation.
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Ptolemy
100 – 170The Almagest ruled astronomy for 1,400 years; his Geography guided Columbus.
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
780 – 850Gave the world algebra and, through his own name, the algorithm.