Posted on 07/06/2010 8:04:51 PM PDT by Sybeck1
•Muslims translated most of the scientific works of antiquity into Arabic. •Muslim mathematicians devised and developed Algebra. •Al-Khwarazmi used Arabic numerals which came to the West through his work in the 9th century. •Al-Razi described and treated smallpox in the 10th century. •Al-Razi also used alcohol as an antiseptic. •Ibn Sina diagnosed and treated meningitis in the 11th century. •Ibn al-Haytham discovered the Camera Obscura in the 11th century. •Al-Biruni described the Ganges valley as a sedimentary basin in the 11th century. •Muslims built the first observatory as a scientific institution in the 13th century. •Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi explained the cause of the rainbow in the 13th century. •Ibn al-Nafis described the minor circulation of the blood in the 14th century. •Al-Kashani invented a computing machine in the 15th century.
•Muslims translated most of the scientific works of antiquity into Arabic.
•Muslim mathematicians devised and developed Algebra.
•Al-Khwarazmi used Arabic numerals which came to the West through his work in the 9th century.
•Al-Razi described and treated smallpox in the 10th century.
•Al-Razi also used alcohol as an antiseptic.
•Ibn Sina diagnosed and treated meningitis in the 11th century.
•Ibn al-Haytham discovered the Camera Obscura in the 11th century.
•Al-Biruni described the Ganges valley as a sedimentary basin in the 11th century.
•Muslims built the first observatory as a scientific institution in the 13th century.
•Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi explained the cause of the rainbow in the 13th century.
•Ibn al-Nafis described the minor circulation of the blood in the 14th century.
•Al-Kashani invented a computing machine in the 15th century.
Priceless!
Arabic numerals are HINDU!!!!!!
Ah, but they've made it up in progressive social programs and the rights of women and minorities. /sarcasm /barf
RONTFLMFAO!
2003: Precision cuts across the neck can behead an infidel quickly
Nuke 'em from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
What did he treat it with? AFAIK, there is still no specific treatment for smallpox to this day, that is why so much effort was made to get everyone vaccinated against it.
On the Calculation with Hindu Numerals written about 825, was principally responsible for spreading the Indian system of numeration throughout the Middle East and Europe. It was translated into Latin as Algoritmi de numero Indorum. Al-Khwārizmī, rendered as (Latin) Algoritmi, led to the term "algorithm". Some of his work was based on Persian and Babylonian astronomy, Indian numbers, and Greek mathematics.
“Kwami el Towelhead invented the toilet seat...20 years later, the Persians put a hole in it.”
However, there is a question as to whether an Armenian Christian or a Jew actually thought of putting a hole in the first toilet seat.
There is no question that it was a Muslim who first thought of squatting on that toilet seat.
ISLAM DELENDA EST - because Islam is antithetical to the West and irreconcilable with the West.
Well, they were introduced into Europe as Arabic. As far as cosmic props go, the Arabs have to get theirs for this. Still, they did not originate them, and one may look deeper into the Hindu mind for this origin. Note well you will not find this origin cast in the familiar terms of modern mathematics. But mathematics is mathematics, and if anything ever had a chance to unite the thinking of mankind, mathematics remains the only chance.
In Jesus’ time they already knew wine (alcohol) was an antiseptic.
“How many severed infidel heads does it take to fill a goat’s hair sack for market?”
What says that most of their knowledge
came from sacking the library at Alexandria
Well, I must admit I found this list pretty enlightening....and short.
“Arabic” numerals are actually Indian.
The term, alcohol, is from the Arabic, “Al Kohol”, meaning “the spirit”, or “spirits”. It was introduced to Europe by Paracelsus, who particularized the meaning to “spirits of wine”, meaning the vapor of wine. Note that the english term “spirits” survives in the sense of alcohol, and in the general sense as in “spirits of ammonia”.
• Muslims built the first observatory as a scientific institution in the 13th century.
Dunno what they’re referring to here, but the Chinese had Astronomical Observatories before the 13th Century - B.C.
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