SCIENCE
NATURE OF SCIENCE
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Botanist
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ābu Hanīfah Āhmad ibn Dawūd Dīnawarī (828 – 896) was an Iranian Islamic Golden Age polymath, astronomer, agriculturist, botanist, geographer, mathematician, & historian. His most renowned contribution is Book of Plants, for which he is considered the founder of Arabic botany.
Detailed explanation-2: -One of Ibn Al-Baitars’ most remarkable achievements was the discovery of the anti-cancer effects of the plant named “Hindiba, ” which Ibn Al-Baitar later identified as having “anti-cancer” properties and which can be used to treat tumors and neoplastic disorders.
Detailed explanation-3: -Kitab Al-jami li-mufradat al-adwiya wa al-aghdhiya (The book of medicinal and nutritional terms) is Ibn al-Baitar’s best-known work. It is a pharmaceutical encyclopedia containing detailed descriptions of more than 1, 400 medicinal plants, foods, and drugs and giving their therapeutic values and medicinal uses.