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Persian Scholars

Al-Khwarizmi: The Mathematician Who Gave Us Algebra and Algorithms

The Book That Changed the World In the year 830 CE, a scholar in Baghdad wrote a book that would change the course of human history. His name was…

Polymath

The Boy Who Healed a King In the year 997, a seventeen-year-old boy walked into the court of the Samanid ruler in Bukhara. He had already memorize…

Quantum Physics

The Escape In the autumn of 1943, a Danish physicist slipped out of his country in a small fishing boat, fleeing the Nazi occupation. He carried w…

Women in Science

The Marquise Who Defied an Era In 1749, a woman lay dying in the palace of Lunéville in eastern France. She was just forty-two years old. At her …

Philip II

The Father of a Dynasty History often remembers Philip II as merely the father of Alexander the Great. But this is a profound injustice. He was t…