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Maryam Mirzakhani MP (1977 - 2017)
Maryam Mirzakhani was an Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Her research topics include Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic...
Alhazen (c.965 - c.1040)
ū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham (Arabic: أبو علي، الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; Persian: بوعلی محمد بن حسن بن هیثم c. 965 – c. 1040 ce), also known by the Latinization Alhazen or Alhacen, w...
Azar Nafisi MP
Azar Nafisi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia* Azar Nafisi Author of Reading Lolita in Tehran* Azar Nafisi * Google Books Things I've Been Silent About, By Azar Nafisi
Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī MP (780 - 850)
Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī (780–850 AD) A famous mathematician and astronomer, he was the first to introduce the number zero to the western and Hindu-Arabic numerals.world.Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwā...
Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā; Abū Alī Sīnā) MP (c.980 - 1037)
Avicenna, Ibn Sīnā (ابن سینا)Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn Sīnā, known as Abū Alī Sīnā (Persian: ابوعلی سینا، پورسینا) or, more commonly, Ibn Sīnā[8] or Pour Sina, but most commonly known in En...