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41Geography in medieval Islam — Islamic geography includes the advancement of geography, cartography and earth sciences under various Islamic civilizations. During the medieval ages, Islamic geography was driven by a number of factors: the Islamic Golden Age, parallel… …
42Islamic contributions to Medieval Europe — Christian and Muslim playing chess in al Andalus, from The Book of Games of Alfonso X, el Sabio, c. 1285. The game of chess originated in India, but was transmitted to Europe by the Islamic world.[1] Islamic contributions to Medieval Europe …
43History of geometry — Geometry (Greek γεωμετρία ; geo = earth, metria = measure) arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. Geometry was one of the two fields of pre modern mathematics, the other being the study of numbers. Classic geometry… …
44Non-Euclidean geometry — Behavior of lines with a common perpendicular in each of the three types of geometry Non Euclidean geometry is the term used to refer to two specific geometries which are, loosely speaking, obtained by negating the Euclidean parallel postulate,… …
45Timeline of historic inventions — The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly important or significant technological inventions. Note: Dates for inventions are often controversial. Inventions are often invented by several inventors around the same… …
46Omar Khayyám — Khayyam redirects here. For other uses, see Khayyam (disambiguation). Omar Khayyám عمر خیام A depiction of Omar Khayyám, in the works of Edward FitzGerald Full name Omar Khayyám عمر خیام …
47Hyperbolic geometry — Lines through a given point P and asymptotic to line R. A triangle immersed in a saddle shape plane (a hyperbolic paraboloid), as well as two diverging ultraparall …
48List of important publications in physics — Optics Book of Optics *Ibn al Haytham (Alhacen)Description: The Book of Optics (Arabic: Kitab al Manazir , Latin: De Aspectibus ) is a seven volume treatise on optics and physics, written by the Iraqi Arab Muslim scientist Ibn al Haytham… …
49Book of Optics — Front page of a Latin edition of Alhazen s Thesaurus opticus, showing how Archimedes set on fire the Roman ships before Syracuse with the help of parabolic mirrors. The Book of Optics (Arabic: Kitāb al Manāẓir (كتاب المناظر); …
50Shirvanshah — (PerB|شروان شاه, Azeri: Şirvanşah ) also spelled as Shīrwān Shāh Barthold, W., C.E. Bosworth Shirwan Shah, Sharwan Shah. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs. Brill, 2nd… …
