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Al-Battani

858 - 929

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Al-Battani (before 858 – 929), archaically Latinized as Albategnius, was a Muslim astronomer, astrologer, geographer and mathematician, who lived and worked for most of his life at Raqqa, now in Syria. He is considered to be the greatest and most famous of the astronomers of the medieval Islamic world. Al-Battānī's writings became instrumental in the development of science and astronomy in the west. His Kitāb az-Zīj aṣ-Ṣābi’ (c. 900), is the earliest extant zīj (astronomical table) made in the Ptolemaic tradition that is hardly influenced by Hindu or Sasanian astronomy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Battani is the 45th most popular mathematician (up from 58th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 151st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Turkish Mathematician.

Al-battani was a Muslim astronomer and mathematician who is most famous for his discovery of the astronomical phenomenon known as the precession of the equinoxes.

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Among mathematicians, Al-Battani ranks 45 out of 1,004. Before him are Augustin-Louis Cauchy, John Napier, Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Eudoxus of Cnidus, Johann Bernoulli, and Maria Gaetana Agnesi. After him are Gottlob Frege, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Urbain Le Verrier, Emmy Noether, George Boole, and Abraham de Moivre.

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Among people born in 858, Al-Battani ranks 2. Before him is Mansur Al-Hallaj. After him are Áed mac Cináeda, and Richard, Duke of Burgundy. Among people deceased in 929, Al-Battani ranks 3. Before him are Pope John X, and Charles the Simple. After him are Pope Leo VI, Adalbert I of Ivrea, and Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Al-Battani ranks 115 out of 1,347. Before him are Murad V (1840), Gordian I (159), Anaximenes of Miletus (-585), Osman III (1699), Hecataeus of Miletus (-550), and Ulfilas (311). After him are Dionysius of Halicarnassus (-60), Irenaeus (130), Stefan Dušan (1308), Romanos IV Diogenes (1030), Piri Reis (1470), and Photios I of Constantinople (900).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Türkiye

Among mathematicians born in Türkiye, Al-Battani ranks 3. Before him are Apollonius of Perga (-262), and Eudoxus of Cnidus (-408). After him are Thābit ibn Qurra (836), Anthemius of Tralles (474), Autolycus of Pitane (-360), Simplicius of Cilicia (490), Menaechmus (-375), Callippus (-370), Theon of Smyrna (70), Theodosius of Bithynia (-160), and Suzan Kahramaner (1913).

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