Science and Islam

>>2746814
>Where muslim always savages
>Please keep politics out of this.

Wew.

>>2746814
>Did medieval muslims make any worthwhile scientific discoveries?
Arabic numerals for a big one. They're still used today.

>>2746814
This has to be bait

>>2746900
Also, they were invented in India.

>>2746915
Arabic numerals are actually just Hindu numerals

>>2746921
That's basically what I said.

>>2746915
And they would have stayed there if not for the arabs

>Arabs are illiterate sand dwellers
>Invade and crumple Byzantine Empire, capturing and subjugation it's population
>a significant portion of which are educated Greeks
>Educated Greeks achieve scientific and mathematical marvels
>Ruling Arab elite appropriates said marvels, call it Islamic science
>Caliphates last centuries so eventually Arab scholars, doctors and theologians show up after a while of intermingling

It never mattered to the 'slims in power that these great men be Arab. All that mattered was that it was done under the yoke of islam and is therefore Islamic science

>>2746814
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guYMAycJgYA

>>2746915
>>2746921
Arabic numerals are a lot different from the Hindu ones.

>>2746814
>where they actually smart?
/his/ in all its glory

>>2746814
>Where they actually smart?
>Where
>talking about smarts
lad go ahead and kys

>>2746814
uhm
science is fuckin epic
islam is not epic atall
so no

>>2746814
>Did medieval muslims make any worthwhile scientific discoveries?

Medical science, mathematics and chemistry would be their main spheres of influence.

The math being partially inherited from the conquests of Hellenic nations and the numerals from India. At the same time, once you have these two together, you have a massive head-start over the rest of the mathematical world and indeed, they've contributed a lot to it.

Algebra, algorithmic theory, binomial theorem, study of polynomials, induction proof, spherical trigonometry, calculating higher order roots, optics,...

>>2747488
Hi, Sargon.

>>2747102
How are they different? It's a decimal positional numeral system that uses zero. That's what's important, and all that was invented in India.

>>2746814
Hol up, are those lagrange points?

>>2747930
Of course not.

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>>2746814
Yeah the Abbasid Caliphate greatly endorsed science, philosophy, mathematics,and everything else. After having conquered the Byzantines, Egypt, and Persia, all of these empires became a part of the Islamic world. This facilitated a network of scholars and learners with Arabic as lingua franca. Ancient Greek works, Chinese works, Persian works, all translated to Arabic, spread and dissected. And it wasnt just Muslims or Arabs, Christians and Jews came and contributed too. Persian-Muslims were probably the most prolific contributors though there were important Arabs as well.

>>2746814
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Biruni
This is the coolest Islamic scientist (though Persian, not Arabic), OP picture is from his works.

>>2746921
thats not the point. It was the foundation of Islamic culture and Arabic language that facilitated the efficient dissemination of this knowledge. Similar to how the Church was for the most part, a patron of sciences in Europe.

>>2747965
Thanks for the read. Seems like an awesome dude and scholar. Too bad there are not many like him left.