02744nam 22006374a 450 991082382800332120230124182845.01-282-49934-397866124993400-8108-6244-1(CKB)1000000000706169(EBL)467044(OCoLC)299167031(SSID)ssj0000114823(PQKBManifestationID)12017531(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114823(PQKBWorkID)10125739(PQKB)10777476(MiAaPQ)EBC467044(Au-PeEL)EBL467044(CaPaEBR)ebr10364538(CaONFJC)MIL249934(EXLCZ)99100000000070616920080630d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBrilliant Biruni[electronic resource] a life story of Abu Rayhan Mohammad Ibn Ahmad /M. KamiarLanham, Md. Scarecrow Press20091 online resource (200 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8108-6243-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-187) and index.Village of Vasemereed, Khwarazam, south of Lake Aral, central Asia -- Into the darkness -- Into slavery -- Mulla Hasssan -- The ghuzz -- Yalldowz -- The escape -- Yalldowz again -- The people of Tammami -- Abu Nasr Mansur -- The Andalusians -- Debates -- Lady Rayhana (sweet basil) -- Political turmoil -- The wandering years -- The city of Gorgan -- Azarmidoukht -- Maria again -- Fruitful years -- The city of Ghazna -- India -- The end.Abu Raihan Biruni (973-1053 CE) was an Iranian scholar whose extraordinary achievements include predicting the existence of landmasses (North and South America) on the opposite side of the Earth and calculating the radius of the Earth five centuries before the European Renaissance. In Brilliant Biruni, Mohammad S. Kamiar presents the life of one of the greatest scholars in the history of the world: the story of a boy who became Biruni.Muslim scientistsIranBiographyScientistsIranBiographyGeographyHistoryTo 1500Science, MedievalScience and civilizationMuslim scientistsScientistsGeographyHistoryScience, Medieval.Science and civilization.509.2Kamiar Mohammad1710222MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823828003321Brilliant Biruni4100659UNINA