Ibn Sina (or Avicenna), Abu Ali Al-Hussein Ibn Abdallah
IBN SīNā (OR AVICENNA), ABU ALI AL-HUSSEIN IBN ABDALLAH
(b. Kharmaithen, near Bukhara, Persia [now Uzbekistan, U.S.S.R.], 980; d. Hamadãn, Persia [now Iran], 1037)
philosophy, medicine, biology, astronomy.
For a detailed study of his life and work, see Supplement.
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