Muslims Invented Algebra & Created the Modern Number System
We have all heard of the various famous Greek mathematicians such as Pythagoras (Pythagorean Theorem), Euclid ( Euclidean Geometry) or Archimedes who are giants in their field, but who has heard of the name Al-Khwarizmi, the master mathematician from the Muslim world? Who was Khwarizmi? Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī was born in Central Asia, Khorasan province in 780 CE, just a little over 100 years after the birth of the new Islamic Civilization. Al-Khwarizmi showed early on that he had considerable talents and usually was the most intelligent person in the room. As a result, most of his work was conducted in isolation. In the 9 th Al-Khwarizmi was summoned to Baghdad by the Caliph Al-Mansur to work in the House of Wisdom. For the first time in his life is surrounded by giants, people who would be considered his intellectual equals and they pushed him and stretch his mental capacity. Muslim thinkers at the House of Wisdom during Khwarizmi’s time were busy translating everything the