Topic > 1001 Inventions and Library of Secrets

Questions:Who are the most popular Muslim inventors?Provide a brief biography of each inventor?What are their known inventions?How do their inventions benefit human society?Al-JazariBadi ' al -Zaman Abu-'Izz Ibn Isma'il Ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari was born in 1136 AD in Cizre, Artuqid state during the Islamic Golden Age and lived in Türkiye. He was an indigenous engineer and inventor. He is best known for his book "The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices". He is known as the father of robotics. He once served as chief engineer at Artukulu Palace like his father before him. He was more of a practical engineer than an inventor, and most of his inventions were made by trial and error rather than theoretical analysis. He died in 1206 AD. He converted rotary motion to linear motion. He invented the time-telling machine, his legendary elephant clock, using many parts collected from different cultures around the world. Fountains, sinks, musical instruments, hydroelectric water supply systems, soft drink dispensers and automatic doors. His inventions made people show up early at places, play musical instruments, water drainage systems, motion sensitive doors and toilets.Mariam 'Al-Astrolabiya' Al-IjliyaMariam al-Asturlabo or Al-'Ijliyah bint al-'Ijli al -Asturlabo was a 10th-century astronomer in Aleppo. Her father was an astrolabist and she became a student of Bitolus, she was so creative that she was later employed by the city's ruler. He invented sophisticated astrolabes which are ancient calculating, navigation and time measuring devices. His inventions are used by sailors for navigation and also compass used by Muslims for Qibla and satellite navigation which help people and explorers to travel the world. Ibn Al Haytham Hasan Ibn al -Haytham sometimes called the father of modern optics. He was born in 354 AH in Iraq and died in 430 AH in Cairo. He was a mathematician, physicist and astronomer during the golden age. He made a name for himself through his literacy in applied mathematics. He was the scientist who laid the foundations of the modern camera by explaining how our eyes work. He found a way to project an image onto another surface through a small hole in a dark room, later called the camera obscura. He was also one of the people who argued that a theory should be explained using experiments based on mathematical calculations. Cameras, televisions and cinemas all share the same principle. Abbas Ibn Firnas Abu al-Qasim Abbas ibn Firnas ibn Wirdas al-Takurini also known as the Father of Flight was born in 809 AD IN Al adalus and died in 887 in Cordoba. He was a Spanish Arab inventor, physicist, chemist, engineer and poet. He designed a water clock called al-Maqata which helped capture the export of quartz to Egypt, devised a means of producing colorless glass, a ring system and was also the first to attempt flight but forgot a tail for landing . It led to the invention of jets, airplanes that we use to travel to other places in the world. Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-'Abbās al-Zahrāwī al-ansari was an Arab was an Arab Muslim physician, surgeon and chemist who lived in Al-Andalus but was born in Azahara in 1936 AD and died in 1013. He wrote an Arabic encyclopedia known as Kitab al-Tasrif. He is known as the father of surgery and the founder of modern surgical and medical instruments. He invented many surgical tools used in modern hospitals such as Catgut made from animal intestines, perfect for suturing internal wounds, identifying hemophilia and even describing an abdominal pregnancy. These.