Fatima al-Fahiri and The Al-Qarawiyyin University
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Life: 800 C.E. – 880 C.E. (Died aged 80)
Known for: Establishing the oldest existing and currently operating educational institution to award degrees
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Dr. Kalpana Chawla
“The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it.” – Dr. Kalpana Chawla
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Name: Kalpana Chawla
Life: March 16 1972 – February 1st 2003 (died aged 40 in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster)
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BEng: Aeronautical Engineering, Punjab Engineering College (Chandigargh, India)
MS: (1) Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington
(2) Aerospace Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
PhD: Aerospace Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
Occupation: Astronaut (flew on Space Shuttle Columbia as Mission Specialist), space scientist, aeronautical and aviation engineer
Abd al-Sūfī
“I have seen many people delve into the knowledge of the fixed stars… However they adopted latitudes and longitudes they found in books. They then drew them on the globe without knowing which was false and which was true” – Abd al-Sūfī commenting on the reliability of star calalogues
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Name: Abd al-Raḥmān, Abū al-Ḥusaīn, Ibn ‘Umar, Ibn Muḥammad, Ibn Sahl al-Rāzī. [5, Page 46]
Other Names: Abū al-Ḥusaīn al-Sūfī [5, page 46]
Abd al-Raḥmān al-Sūfī
Life: 7/12/903 – 25/05/986 (83 years)
Born: Rey, Buyid Persia
Died: Shiraz, Buyid Persia
Occupation: Observational Astronomer Continue reading “Abd al-Sūfī and Observational Astrophysics in Ancient Islam.”
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