Al-Biruni
from the Antique Jewelry University
| Country of origin: | Persia |
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| Books by this author: | The book most comprehensive in knowledge on precious stones |
This 11th century scholar was a true polymath. He was a scientist and physicist, an anthropologist and comparative sociologist, an astronomer and chemist, a critic of alchemy and astrology, an encyclopedist and historian, a geographer and traveler, a geodesist and geologist, a mathematician, a pharmacist and psychologist, an Islamic philosopher and theologian, and a scholar and teacher.