Al Khwarizmi’s contributions to mathematics and astronomy haven’t gone unnoticed. A crater on the Moon is named after him Although Babylonians invented algebra and Greek and Hindu ...

In the light of recent religious and political events, it is instructive to go back to Al-Khwarizmi. He lived and flourished in currently war-torn Baghdad, the world’s centre of learning then.

Al-Khwarizmi was born in about AD 780, … Persian mathematician Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, sometimes known as the father of algebra, was one of the most influential thinkers of all time.

Every time we use our smartphones or computers, we encounter the legacy of Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi—a remarkable scholar who laid the foundations for modern technology to thrive.

Every time we use our smartphones or computers, we encounter the legacy of Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi—a remarkable scholar who laid the foundations for modern technology to thrive.