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Muhammad Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

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Afrighid dynasty of Khwarazm

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(perhaps 780 to perhaps 850)

Works of Persian astronomer al-Khwarizmi, fully named Muhammad ibn-Musa al-Khwarizmi, introduced Arabic numerals and algebraic concepts to western mathematics; from his name derives the word algorithm.

This polymath produced vastly influential works in geography. Around 820, people appointed him as the head of the library of the house of wisdom in Baghdad.

See also: محمد بن موسى الخوارزمي

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	مفاتيح العلوم by Muhammad Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, محمد بن موسى الخوارزمي 4.04 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1895 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	كتاب الجبر والمقابلة by Muhammad Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, محمد بن موسى الخوارزمي, علي مصطفى مشرفة (تعليق) 4.23 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing by Muhammad Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Al-khowârizmî 4.30 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 820 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Algebra of Mohammed Ben Musa by Muhammad Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Friedrich August Rosen (Translator) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2002 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mafâtih al-'Olum (En Arabe): (778-850) (Arabic Edition) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	صورة الأرض من جغرافية بطليموس في المدن والجبال والبحار والجزائر والأنهار by Muhammad Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, محمد بن موسى الخوارزمي, Hans von Mzik (تحقيق) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi Le calcul indien (algorismus). Versions latines du XIIe siecle by Muhammad Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, A. Allard (translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robert of Chester's Latin Translation of Al Khwarizmi's Al Jabr by Muhammad Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Robertus Castrensis, Barnabas B. Hughes (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robert of Chester's Latin Translation of the Algebra of Alkhowarizmi, Vol. 15 by Muhammad Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Louis Charles Karpinski 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Geometrische Verfahren nach Al-Khwarizmi zur Veranschaulichung und Lösung quadratischer Gleichungen im Mathematikunterricht 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Muhammad Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (?)

“When I consider what people generally want in calculating, I found that it always is a number.”
― Al-Khwārizmī

tags: numbers, realization

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“Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.”
― Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī

tags: reality

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