Arab Astronomers The Arab astronomers, Al-Battani, Al-Biruni and Umar Al-Khayyam are modern reminders of Arab contributions to astronomy with Arabic named stars; Acrab, Aldebaran, Algedi, Algul, Altair,...
Umar Al-Khayyam (d. 1130) mathematician and poet of the ‘Rubaiyat,” advanced algebra extensively and developed a calendar more accurate than the Gregorian.
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