2013/01/01 by Amelia Carolina Sparavigna · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Historical Astronomy and Related Studies #History and Theory of Mathematics #Medieval and Classical Philosophy #physics.hist-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.18483/ijsci.364
published as International Journal of Sciences 2(12), 52-60, 2013 · History of Science, Medieval Science
openalex publication_date 2013/01/01 · arxiv created 2013/12/22 · arxiv updated 2015/08/06 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Al-Biruni (973-1048) was one of the greatest scientists of all times. He was an astronomer, mathematician and philosopher, and studied physics and natural sciences. In this paper, we will discuss some of his experimental methods and some instruments he used.