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Impact of Islamic Civilization on Blossoming of Applied Mathematics: Calculation of the Distance between Baghdad and Mecca by Abolwafa Buzjani

Jafar Aqayani Chavoushi

Volume 1, Issue 2 , December 2010, , Pages 23-40

Abstract
  In the 4th Century (AD), in a short essay of which a manuscript is extant, the eminent Iranian mathematician and astronomer, Abulwafa Buzjani, determined the distance between Baghdad and Mecca in an entirely innovative way. He has generalized this method to determine the distance between all cities, ...  Read More