ARAB CULTURE

THE ELEPHANT CLOCK

The elephant clock is a 3 meter tall model of a 13th century water clock built by al-Jazari, a famous Arabian scientist.

IMPORTANT MATHEMATICAL CONTRIBUTIONS

• Discovered fractions
• Invented the science of Algebra.
• Introduced Arabic numerals.
• Invented logarithms.

IMPORTANT PHYSICAL CONTRIBUTIONS

• Discovered the principle of inertia.
• Used hydrostatic balance.
• Transformed the study of optics.

IMPORTANT MEDICINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

• Developed psychotherapy.
• Discovered blood capillaries.
• Did research work on measles and smallpox.
• Provided the first detailed study of the human eye.

IMPORTANT MUSLIM SCIENTISTS

BIBLIOGRAHY

• fasebj.org
• bama.ua.edu