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SOURCE: "Abu-Rayhan Bīrūnī, A Lover of Truth," in Bīrūnī Symposium, Iran Center, 1976, pp. 13-26.
[In the following essay, originally presented at a 1973 symposium, Youssefl argues that al-Bīrūnīsis distinguished within the context of the Islamic Renaissance for the independence and originality of his thought, as well as for his rigorous attention to scientific objectivity.]
Abu-Reyhān Bīrūnī (362/973-440/1048) is known as a mathematician, astronomer, natural and social scientist, and physicist, and he is also famous as a chronologist, historian and geographer. At the same time he was a very thorough investigator of several great religions and their customs. Jalāl Homāyi has said that he is unparalleled as a scholar in the Islamic world.1 His numerous works, numbering about 180,2 present to the reader the vast domain of his knowledge. But the topic of this article is only one aspect...
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