Al-Karaji: Tenth Century Mathematician and Engineer

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Rosen Publishing Group

Just the Series: Physicians, Scientists, & Mathematicians--Islamic World

Series and Publisher: Physicians, Scientists, & Mathematicians--Islamic World

Annotation: Introduces the life and work of tenth-century Islamic mathematician al-Karaji, best known for his writings on algebra and geometry, and for his work in the field of hydrology.

Genre: [Biographies]

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Catalog Number: #122053

Format: Library Binding

Common Core/STEAM: STEAM

Publisher: Rosen Publishing Group

Edition Date: 2017 Release Date: 08/15/16

Pages: 112 pages

ISBN: 1-508-17143-2

ISBN 13: 978-1-508-17143-0

Dewey: 921

LCCN: 2016000101

Dimensions: 24 cm.

Subject Heading:
Karaji, Muhammad ibn al-Husayn,. -approximately 1016. Juvenile literature.
Karaji, Muhammad ibn al-Husayn,. -approximately 1016.
Mathematicians. Arab countries. Biography. Juvenile literature.
Algebra. History. Juvenile literature.
Science. Arab countries. History. Juvenile literature.
Mathematicians. Arab countries.
Algebra. History.
Science. Arab countries. History.

Language: English

Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-109) and index.

Reading Level: 6.0

Interest Level: 7-12

Guided Reading Level: Z

Tenth-century mathematician al-Karaji is best known for his writings on algebra and for freeing algebra from geometry. The scholar spent most of his life in Baghdad, where he established a school for algebra and served as a vizier for the Abbasid government. Al-Karaji also was an accomplished engineer who wrote extensively on water extraction. Many of his hydrological ideas are still used in the Middle East today. While some modern scholars question his originality, others maintain he was an important transition between ancient mathematics and modern algebra.

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