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Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (c. 780 - 850 A.D.)

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  • persian scholar from golden-age of islamic science
  • his name Latinized as "Algorithmi" (Port. "guarismo" and Spanish "algarismo" mean digit)
  • since 820 A.D. the astronomer and head of the House of Wisdom in Baghdad
  • contributions to Algebra, Arithmetic, Astronomy, Trigonometry, Geography

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