Names of the people I learned about from lessons 46-49
- Al-Kindi
- Al-Khwarizmi (al-khwahr-iz-mee(dictionary.com))
- Al-Razi
- Al-hazen
All of the people we are talking about wrote books and were authors. Al-Kindi, Al-Khwarizmi, and Al-Razi all went to Baghdad for school.
Al-Kindi
Al-kindi was a person that helped spread the Arabic numeral system. He was a teacher at the house of wisdom in Baghdad. Al-Kindi invented code breaking techniques.
Al-Khwarizmi
Al-Khwarizmi was the father of algebra. He was a great mathematician. His books on math helped European schools to be able to teach more.
Al-Razi
Al-Razi did medicine and was a doctor. Al-Razi discovered smallpox, and was very kind to the poor and wrote an at-home guide called “a medical adviser for the general public“
Al-hazen
Al-hazen studied optics, which is the study of eyesight. Al-hazen wrote a lot of books that told about optics.
All of the Islamic people had many advances in life such as optics and medicine.