Al-Khwarizmi

The Baghdad mathematician whose book on calculation gave the world algebra and the algorithm.

Core Principles & Analysis

• His Compendious Book on Calculation gave algebra its name, from al-jabr.
• The Latin form of his name became the word "algorithm".
• Worked at the House of Wisdom under the Abbasid caliphs and revised Ptolemy's geography.

Specifications & Metrics

• ERA: c. 780 – 850