Avicenna (Abu Sina)

I was browsing the internet a while ago and I came across an interesting site entitled "Estimated IQs of some of the Greatest Geniuses" **

I noted Avicenna's picture there. Avicenna or Abu Ali Sina was the famous Persian polymath. He was a scientist, mathematician, psychologist, physician, astronomer, philosopher....

According to University of California's Dr. Barbara J. Becker*** Abu Sina's famed Al-Qanun fi't al-Tibb (Canon on Medicine) was used "until 1650 in European universities." The book was completed in 1025! That gives you an idea of the book's astonishing power and influence.

To learn more about Abu Sina you can visit Britannica's website.****

There are many reasons to be proud of being an Iranian. Here's another.


**http://hem.bredband.net/b153434/Index.htm

***https://eee.uci.edu/clients/bjbecker/PlaguesandPeople/lecture5.html

****http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/45755/Avicenna