Avicenna(Ibn-e-Sina) | Biography, Books, & Facts | Muslims scientists.
Muslim world has produced great scientists who have made remarkable contributions to the fields of science. Their research, provided a strong foundation to the present day science and technology. Among the Muslim scientists, a shining star is Abu Ali Hussain Ibn-e Abdullah Jon-e-Sina. His contribution to the world of science can never be denied.
When Ibn-e-Sina was born, the Islamic Arabic culture was at its height. Since the Arabic language was the mode of communication in this era, Ibn-e-Sina studied Arabic from Muhammad al-Barqi al-Khwarizmi. As soon as he had learnt Arabic (his mother tongue was Persian), his father appointed a teacher of the Holy Quran and another of literature for him.
He had learnt the Holy Quran and Arabic literature before the age of 10. Next he developed leaning towards philosophy, geometry and mathematics. He was then attracted towards medical science and devoted himself to it for a short period, until he surpassed all the scholars of science of his age. Nuh Ibn-e-Mansur Samani was the ruler of Bukhara at that time.
He was affected by a disease that physicians failed to cure. Ibn-e-Sina was by then a well-known scientist and physician. Ibn-e-Sina treated Nuh lbn-e-Mansur Samani. So he became very close to the ruler of Bukhara. Ibn-e-Sina asked Nuh Ibn-e-Mansur Samani give him permission to enter his great, well-known libraries. He found many great books there. He started reading the books and learnt a lot from them. At this time, Ibn-e-Sina was 18 years old and had learned all branches of knowledge of his time.
Ibn Sina's most famous works are on philosophy and medicine. His philosophical views have attracted the attention of Western thinkers over several centuries. His books have been among the most important sources in the philosophy. In medicine, his great work, "Al-Qanun" was translated into Latin about the end of the twelfth century. It became a reference source for medical studies in the universities of Europe until the end of the seventeenth century.
Ibn-e-Sina, for the first time detected the contagious nature of tuberculosis and disease spread by water. He discovered a close relationship between psychology and health. He discussed inter-relationship between time and motion. He was further rewarded for his work on anatomy and child health. He was the pioneer of the minute and graphic description of different parts of body. His other great work was "Kitab-Al-Shifa". This book covered a wide range of fields like philosophy, science, physics, mathematics, metaphysics, ethics, economics and politics. His contribution to the fields of geography and chemistry has great importance as well.
He is remembered for his discoveries in science.