Marcus du Sautoy visits Fez, where the ancient Islamic school of wisdom was founded, and where Mahommed ben Musa al-Khwarizmi wrote his ‘lm al-jebr wa’l-muqabala’ calculation by restoration ...

Mathematicians in the early Islamic world like Al-Khwarizmi introduced the system to Europe. It was much simpler to use than Roman numbers. Early Islamic medical book about the human eye.

“Arabic manuscripts in Western libraries like Leiden University Libraries serve as invaluable records of Islamic civilization's intellectual achievements, especially in mathematics and geometry ...

He also produced original work that had a lasting influence on the advance of Muslim and European mathematics. Al-Jabr itself means “restoration” and refers to adding a number to both sides of ...