The Philosopher
Thābit ibn Qurra
The face
The background
- Nationality:
- Arab
- Schools:
- Ptolemaic system
- Branchs:
- Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Medicine, Translation, Philosophy, Mechanics, Astrology
- Period:
- Islamic Golden Age
The synopsis
The works
On the Sector-Figure
On the Composition of Ratios
Kitab fi 'l-qarastun (Book of the Steelyard)
Kitab fi sifat alwazn (Book on the Description of Weight)
Kitāb al-Mafrūdāt (Book of Data)
Maqāla fīistikhrāj al-a‘dād al-mutahābba bi–suhūlat al-maslak ilā dhālika (Book on the Determination of Amicable Numbers)
Kitāb fī Misāhat qat‘ almakhrūt alladhī yusammaā al-mukāfi’ (Book on the Measurement of the Conic Section Called Parabolic)
Kitāb fī Sanat al-shams (Book on the Solar Year)
Qawl fi’l–Sabab alladhī ju‘ilat lahu miyāh al-bahr māliha (Discourse on the Reason Why Seawater Is Salted)
al-Dhakhira fī ilm al-tibb (A Treasury of Medicine)
Kitāb fi ‘ilm al-‘ayn . . . (Book on the Science of the Eye…)
Kitāb fi’l–jadarī wa’l–hasbā (Book on Smallpox and Measles)
Masā’il su’ila ’anhā Thābit ibn Qurra al-Harrānī (Questions Posed to Thābit. . .)
De Anno Solis