C. Radhakrishna Rao

C. Radhakrishna Rao retired at the age of sixty and went to live with his daughter in America along with his grandchildren. There, at the age of 62, he became a professor of statistics at the University of Pittsburgh and at the age of 70, he became the head of the department at the University of Pennsylvania. US citizenship at the age of 75. National Medal For Science at the age of 82, a White H.....

Ulugh Beg Mirza

Mongol astronomer and mathematician who, although the only important Mongol scientist, was the greatest astronomer of his time. Pursuing this interest he built an observatory (begun in 1428) at Samarkand. In his observations he discovered a number of errors in the computations of the 2nd-century Alexandrian astronomer Ptolemy, whose figures were still being used. His star map of 994 stars was the .....

Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tūsī

Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tūsī, better known as Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, was a Persian polymath, architect, philosopher, physician, scientist, and theologian. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was a well published author, writing on subjects of maths, engineering, prose, and mysticism. He made invaluable contributions to astronomy and later served as a scientific advisor of the Mongols. One of his n.....

Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni

Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni commonly known as al-Biruni, was a Khwarazmian Iranian scholar and polymath during the Islamic Golden Age. He has been called variously the "founder of Indology", "Father of Comparative Religion", "Father of modern geodesy", and the first anthropologist. Abu Rayhan al-Biruni was one of the finest scholars the world has ever produced. He has made immense cont.....

Abu Ali Al-Hussein Ibn Abdullah Ibn Sina

Abu Ali Al-Hussein Ibn Abdullah Ibn Sina, known in the West as Avicenna, was one of the most eminent Muslim physicians and philosophers of his days whose influence on Islamic and European medicine persisted for centuries.Renowned as father of early modern medicine, Avicenna was an illustrious Persian polymath. He is specifically distinguished for his contributions in the fields of medicine and Ari.....

al-Khwārizmī

al-Khwārizmī, Muslim mathematician and astronomer whose major works introduced Hindu-Arabic numerals and the concepts of algebra into European mathematics. Latinized versions of his name and of his most famous book title live on in the terms algorithm and algebra. Few details of al-Khwārizmī's life are known with certainty. Ibn al-Nadim gives his birthplace as Khwarazm, a region that was part .....

Archimedes of Syracuse

Archimedes of Syracuse was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor and weapons-designer from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily. Archimedes is known as the Father Of Mathematics. Archimedes was serving the King Hiero II of Syracuse by solving mathematical problems and by developing interesting innovations for the king and his army. Archimedes of Syracuse was a Gree.....

Euclid

Euclid, sometimes called Euclid of Alexandria to distinguish him from Euclid of Megara, was a Greek mathematician, often referred to as the "founder of geometry" or the "father of geometry". He was active in Alexandria Mediterranean port city in Egypt, during the reign of Ptolemy I (323–283 BC). Greek mathematician Euclid, sometimes called Euclid of Alexandria to distinguish him from Euclid of .....

Hippocrates

Born: 460 BC Kos, Greece Died: 377 BC Larissa, Greece Hippocrates is regarded as the father of Western medicine. He systematised medical treatments, disentangling them from religion and superstitions. He trained physicians in his methods and, with his followers, is responsible for authoring a large body of medical textbooks Hippocrates was born in 460 BC (the first year of the 80th Olympiad) on .....

Anaximander

Lived c. 610 BC – c 546 BC. 2,600 years ago, Anaximander became the first person in recorded history to recognize that the earth exists as a solitary body which does not need to rest on top of anything else. Fascinated by the structure of the earth, he produced one of the first ever maps of the world. He did not restrict his thinking to astronomy and geography. He also theorised about evolution.....

Pythagoras

Pythagoras, Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the Pythagorean brotherhood that, although religious in nature, formulated principles that influenced the thought of Plato and Aristotle and contributed to the development of mathematics and Western rational philosophy. Pythagoras Philosopher Pythagoras, Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the Pythagorean brotherhood that, .....

Ahmes

Ahmes was an ancient Egyptian scribe who lived towards the end of the Fifteenth Dynasty and the beginning of the Eighteenth Dynasty, He wrote the Rhind Papyrus - one of the oldest known mathematical documents. Ahmes is the scribe who wrote the Rhind Papyrus (named after the Scottish Egyptologist Alexander Henry Rhind who went to Thebes for health reasons, became interested in excavating and purcha.....

Madhava of Sangamagrama

Madhava of Sangamagrama is an Indian mathematician from the 14th century and is also known to be a great astronomer.Very little is known about the early education of Madhava, but his great contributions in mathematics and astronomy are still widely acknowledged. He is famous for establishing the Kerala School of Astronomy and Mathematics. Many of the mathematicians who came after Madhava and worke.....

Shripati

Indian astronomer-astrologer and mathematician whose astrological writings were particularly influential. Sripati was a follower of the teaching of Lalla writing on astrology, astronomy and mathematics. His father was Naga Deva Bhatta and grandfather was Keshava Deva Bhatta, although Ṡripati’s last name or title name was not mention. His mathematical work was undertaken with applications to as.....

Nāgārjuna

Nāgārjuna was an Indian metallurgist and alchemist. Legends recorded by Al-Biruni in the eleventh century say that he was born in the village of Daihak near in Gujarat "one hundred years ago," i.e., at the start of the tenth century. Born: 931 AD, Shree Somnath Jyotirling Temple, Somnath He wrote the treatise Rasaratnakara that deals with preparations of rasa (mercury) compounds. It gives a su.....

Mahaviracharya

Mahāvīra or Mahaviracharya Mathematician Mahāvīra was a 9th-century Jain mathematician possibly born in kundalpur, in India. He authored Gaṇitasārasan̄graha or the Compendium on the gist of Mathematics in 850 AD. He was patronised by the Rashtrakuta king Amoghavarsha during (c. 814–878) of the Rashtrakuta dynasty. He separated astrology from mathematics. Born: About 800 AD , Kundalpur, .....

Lalla

Lalla Indian mathematician Lalla was an Indian mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer who belonged to a family of astronomers. Lalla was the son of Trivikrama Bhatta and the grandson of Śâmba. He lived in central India, possibly in the Lāṭa region in modern south Gujarat. Born: 720 AD, Gujarat Died: 790 AD, India Lalla (c. 720–790 CE) was an Indian mathematician, astronomer, and astrolo.....

Yativṛṣabha

Yativṛṣabha, also known as Jadivasaha, was a mathematician and Jain monk.Yativrsabha gave a description of the universe which is of historical importance in understanding Jaina science and mathematics. Born: 500 AD India Died: 570 AD India He is believed to have lived during the 6th century, probably during 500–570. He studied under Arya Manksu and Nagahastin. He lived and worked between .....

Vāgbhaṭa

Vāgbhaṭa (वाग्भट) is one of the most influential writers, Scientist, Doctor and advisor of ayurveda. Several works are associated with his name as author, principally the Ashtāṅgasaṅgraha (अष्टाङ्गसंग्रह) and the Ashtāngahridayasaṃhitā (अष्टाङ्गहृदयसंहिता). Born: 600 AD, Sindh, Pakistan Died: 650 AD Books: V�.....

Jīvaka

Jīvaka was the personal physician of the Buddha and the Indian King Bimbisāra. He lived in Rājagṛha, present-day Rajgir, Magadha. Sometimes described as the "Medicine King" ,] he figures prominently in legendary accounts in Asia as a model healer, and is honoured as such by traditional healers in several Asian countries. Accounts about Jīvaka can be found in Early Buddhist Texts in many tex.....

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