Nur https://ebnsina.github.io/sinaui/pro/blog/modern-site Light on the history of science. en The House of Wisdom was a library before it was a legend https://ebnsina.github.io/sinaui/pro/blog/modern-site/articles/house-of-wisdom https://ebnsina.github.io/sinaui/pro/blog/modern-site/articles/house-of-wisdom Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Long before the stories, Bayt al-Hikma was a working place: shelves, translators and patrons who paid by the page. hello@nur.example (Nusrat Jahan) Al-Khwarizmi and the book that named algebra https://ebnsina.github.io/sinaui/pro/blog/modern-site/articles/al-khwarizmi-algebra https://ebnsina.github.io/sinaui/pro/blog/modern-site/articles/al-khwarizmi-algebra Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT A practical handbook on inheritance and trade gave mathematics a new word, and a new way to solve for the unknown. hello@nur.example (Yusuf Demir) Ibn al-Haytham put the eye in the dark room https://ebnsina.github.io/sinaui/pro/blog/modern-site/articles/ibn-al-haytham-optics https://ebnsina.github.io/sinaui/pro/blog/modern-site/articles/ibn-al-haytham-optics Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT In Cairo, a scholar asked how we see, then tested his answer with light, shutters and a darkened chamber. hello@nur.example (Yusuf Demir) The surgeon of Córdoba drew his instruments https://ebnsina.github.io/sinaui/pro/blog/modern-site/articles/al-zahrawi-instruments https://ebnsina.github.io/sinaui/pro/blog/modern-site/articles/al-zahrawi-instruments Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Al-Zahrawi’s great medical work ends with surgery, and with drawings of the tools a surgeon should own. hello@nur.example (Layla Haddad) Why the Canon of Medicine was taught for six centuries https://ebnsina.github.io/sinaui/pro/blog/modern-site/articles/the-canon-of-medicine https://ebnsina.github.io/sinaui/pro/blog/modern-site/articles/the-canon-of-medicine Wed, 27 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT Ibn Sina’s Canon was clear, complete and well ordered. Universities kept teaching it long after his death. hello@nur.example (Layla Haddad) Maragheh: an observatory with a library attached https://ebnsina.github.io/sinaui/pro/blog/modern-site/articles/maragheh-observatory https://ebnsina.github.io/sinaui/pro/blog/modern-site/articles/maragheh-observatory Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT In the thirteenth century, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi gathered astronomers, instruments and books on a hill in Azerbaijan. hello@nur.example (Yusuf Demir) البيروني يقيس الأرض من قمة جبل https://ebnsina.github.io/sinaui/pro/blog/modern-site/articles/al-biruni-earth https://ebnsina.github.io/sinaui/pro/blog/modern-site/articles/al-biruni-earth Tue, 04 Nov 2025 09:00:00 GMT كيف حسب أبو الريحان البيروني نصف قطر الأرض بزاوية واحدة. hello@nur.example (Layla Haddad)