Thabit ibn Qurra

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Thabit ibn Qurra was a 9th-century Arab mathematician, astronomer, and physician renowned for his contributions to geometry, number theory, and the preservation and expansion of Greek scientific works in the Islamic Golden Age.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Thabit ibn Qurra canonical 10
Ibn Qurra 1
Thabit ibn Qurra ibn Marwan 1

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instanceOf astronomer ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
medieval scientist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
physician ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
translator ⓘ
associatedWith Banu Musa brothers ⓘ
birthDate c. 826 ⓘ
birthPlace Harran ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
century 9th century ⓘ
contributedTo development of algebra ⓘ
development of integral calculus ideas ⓘ
preservation of Hellenistic science ⓘ
culture Arab ⓘ
linked to: Arabs
deathDate 901 ⓘ
deathPlace Baghdad ⓘ
developed formula for generating amicable numbers ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Sabian ⓘ
field astronomy ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
mechanics ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
optics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
fullName Thabit ibn Qurra ibn Marwan al-Harrani ⓘ
linked to: Thabit ibn Qurra
influenced Ibn al-Haytham ⓘ
Omar Khayyam ⓘ
al-Biruni ⓘ
linked to: Al-Biruni
influencedBy Archimedes ⓘ
Euclid ⓘ
Ptolemy ⓘ
linked to: Claudius Ptolemaeus
knownFor commentaries on Euclid ⓘ
commentaries on Ptolemy ⓘ
contributions to astronomy ⓘ
contributions to geometry ⓘ
contributions to number theory ⓘ
generalization of Pythagorean theorem ⓘ
reform of the Ptolemaic system ⓘ
theory of amicable numbers ⓘ
translation of Greek scientific works ⓘ
work on conic sections ⓘ
work on parabolas ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
name Thabit ibn Qurra ⓘ
notableWork Book on the Motion of the Celestial Spheres ⓘ
Book on the Solar Year ⓘ
On the Composition of Ratios ⓘ
occupation court astronomer ⓘ
court physician ⓘ
patron Caliph al-Mu'tadid ⓘ
linked to: al-Mu'tadid
region Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
religion Sabianism ⓘ
studied irrational numbers ⓘ
planetary motions ⓘ
the theory of parallels ⓘ
translatedFrom Greek ⓘ
translatedInto Arabic ⓘ
workedAt House of Wisdom ⓘ
workedIn Baghdad ⓘ

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House of Wisdom → notableScholar → Thabit ibn Qurra ⓘ
Islamic mathematics → majorFigure → Thabit ibn Qurra ⓘ
Islamic mathematics → majorFigure → Ibn Qurra ⓘ
linked to: Thabit ibn Qurra
Thabit ibn Qurra → name → Thabit ibn Qurra ⓘ
Thabit ibn Qurra → fullName → Thabit ibn Qurra ibn Marwan al-Harrani ⓘ
linked to: Thabit ibn Qurra
Sabians → notableMember → Thabit ibn Qurra ⓘ
subject linked to: Sabian
On the Composition of Ratios → author → Thabit ibn Qurra ⓘ
Book on the Motion of the Celestial Spheres → authorName → Thabit ibn Qurra ibn Marwan ⓘ
linked to: Thabit ibn Qurra
Book on the Solar Year → author → Thabit ibn Qurra ⓘ
Book on the Solar Year → writtenBy → Thabit ibn Qurra ⓘ
Book on the Solar Year → hasAuthor → Thabit ibn Qurra ⓘ
Book on the Solar Year → workOf → Thabit ibn Qurra ⓘ