Al-Khwarizmi

This man is the greatest mathematician of the Arab world. He transformed Indian numerals to Arab numerals. We are now using Arab numerals.

His books al-djar wa'l muqabala was translated by ... algebra.

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This picture was published in the following book :
World History. Medieval and Early Modern Times by Douglas Carnine, Carlos Cortés, Kenneth Curtis and Anita Robinson.
McDougall Littell, 2006 - ISBN 0-618-27747-1. p.498.
Photos publiées - Published Pictures

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