Al-Sabi Thabit ibn Qurra al-Harrani

836 - 901

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Thabit ibn Qurra was an important Islamic mathematician who worked on number theory, astronomy and statics.
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List of References (29 books/articles)

Mathematicians born in the same country

Honours awarded to Thabit
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Lunar featuresCrater Thebit

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