Science in the Golden Age

العلم في عصره الذهبي

A trail through the minds that changed science: the House of Wisdom, Khwarizmi, Jabir, Razi, Ibn Sina, Biruni, and the astrolabe in hand.

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Persia & Central Asia
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6steps · 30min · newcomer · student

  1. The House of Wisdom

    Mamun's Baghdad: translation, authorship and observation under one roof.

    Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom · Baghdad

  2. Algebra

    Khwarizmi makes it a science: algebra and the world map.

    al-Khwarizmi

  3. Alchemy

    Jabir: from elixir to laboratory.

    Jabir Ibn Hayyan

  4. Medicine

    Razi and Ibn Sina: the community's medicine as the world's reference.

    Abu Bakr al-Razi · Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

  5. Astronomy and earth

    Biruni measures the earth and compares nations.

    Al-Biruni, Muhammad ibn Ahmad · Astrolabe of Umar ibn Yusuf

  6. The historians

    Tabari, Masudi, Ibn Khaldun: history from reports to theory.

    al-Tabari · أبو الحسن علي بن الحسين المسعودي · Ibn Khaldun

Overview

A path through the minds that changed science: the House of Wisdom, al-Khwarizmi, Jabir, al-Razi, Ibn Sina and al-Biruni, and the astrolabe in the hand.

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islam.museum contributors. “Science in the Golden Age”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-golden-age-science/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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