Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra and Algorithms

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi In a world without computers, without calculators,

and without modern science, one Muslim scholar changed the future of humanity forever.

His name was MUHAMMAD IBN MUSA AL-KHWARIZMI (pronounced: Al-Khu-waa-riz-mi). He lived in the 9th century,

during the golden age of Islamic civilization, and worked in the famous House of Wisdom in Baghdad.

At a time when much of the world was in darkness, Muslim scholars were translating,

preserving, and expanding human knowledge. Al-Khwarizmi was one of the greatest

among them. He wrote a groundbreaking book titled: Al-Kitab al-Mukhtasar fi Hisab al-Jabr wal-Muqabala.

From this book came a new branch of mathematics: Algebra. The word algebra comes directly from