George Sarton's Tribute to Muslim Scientists in the
"Introduction to the History of Science," "It will suffice here to evoke a few glorious names without
contemporary equivalents in the West: Jabir ibn Haiyan, al-Kindi,
al-Khwarizmi, al-Fargani, al-Razi, Thabit ibn Qurra, al-Battani,
Hunain ibn Ishaq, al-Farabi, Ibrahim ibn Sinan, al-Masudi, al-Tabari,
Abul Wafa, 'Ali ibn Abbas, Abul Qasim, Ibn al-Jazzar, al-Biruni,
Ibn Sina, Ibn Yunus, al-Kashi, Ibn al-Haitham, 'Ali Ibn 'Isa al-Ghazali,
al-zarqab, Omar Khayyam. A magnificent array of names which it
would not be difficult to extend. If anyone tells you that the
Middle Ages were scientifically sterile, just quote these men to
him, all of whom flourished within a short period, 750 to 1100
A.D."
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