HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Zoology
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Pharmacies
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Railroads
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Algebra
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Detailed explanation-1: -Muslim mathematicians invented the present arithmetical decimal system and the fundamental operations connected with it – addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, raising to a power, and extracting the square root and the cubic root.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sharaf al-Dīn was the discoverer of a device, called the linear astrolabe, that places him in another important Islamic mathematical tradition, one that centred on the design of new forms of the ancient astronomical instrument known as the astrolabe.
Detailed explanation-3: -New disciplines emerged – algebra, trigonometry and chemistry as well as major advances in medicine, astronomy, engineering and agriculture. Arabic texts replaced Greek as the fonts of wisdom, helping to shape the scientific revolution of the Renaissance.
Detailed explanation-4: -"Perhaps one of the most significant advances made by Arabic mathematics began at this time with the work of al-Khwarizmi, namely the beginnings of algebra.
Detailed explanation-5: -Surgery. Around the year 1, 000, the celebrated doctor Al Zahrawi published a 1, 500 page illustrated encyclopedia of surgery that was used in Europe as a medical reference for the next 500 years. Coffee. Flying machine. University. Algebra. Optics. Music. Toothbrush. More items •29-Jan-2010