Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni (973–1048), a Persian mathematician, physicist, scholar, encyclopedist, astronomer, astrologer, historian, pharmacist, and teacher, who contributed greatly to the fields of mathematics,medicine, and science.- Category ID : 425169
Profile of a scientist who knew, 600 years before Galileo, that the earth rotates on its axis daily and moves yearly around the sun. Includes information on his varied achievements.