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Khwarizmi
[ khwahr-iz-mee ]
noun
- al- [al] Muhammed ibn-Musa al-Khwarizmi, a.d. c780–c850, Arab mathematician and astronomer.
Khwarizmi
/ kwär′ĭz-mē /
- Arab mathematician and astronomer who compiled an early work on arithmetic and the oldest astronomical tables. His work was widely translated into Latin, introducing Arabic numerals and algebraic concepts to Western mathematics. The word algorithm is derived from his name.
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In Asad’s case, it was the Khwarizmi Science Society, members of which helped him find the materials he needed to make parabolic mirrors.
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