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Collection of photographic images of works of art: the world of books and reading<br>(You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading themu2026
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107 Reading Ferdowsi Tomb in Mashhad (Toos)
Abu ʾl-Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi (c. 940–1020), or Ferdowsi, was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh ("Book of Kings"), which is the world's longest epic poem created by a single poet, and the national epic of Iran and the Greater Iran. Firdusi in Ferdowsi Square in Tehran, by Sadighi (1894-1995)
Statue of Ferdowsi and Shahnameh stories in Delfan, Iran details
Statue of Ferdowsi and Shahnameh stories in Delfan, Iran details
Statue of Ferdowsi by Sadighi in Rome, Italy
Statue of Ferdowsi, Iranian poet and his tomb in Tous, Mashhad
Avicenna in Tajistikan Dushanbe by Anatoli Galian (1947-2008)
Avicenna in Tajistikan Dushanbe by Anatoli Galian (1947-2008)
Avicenna Ibn-i Sina monument in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan
At the United Nations Office in Vienna there are many artistic works which are placed in the yard or in corridors The statue of Avicenna in United Nations Office in Vienna as a part of the Persian Scholars Pavilion
The statue of Avicenna in United Nations Office in Vienna as a part of the Persian Scholars Pavilion donated by Iran
In June 2009 Iran donated a scholar pavilion to United Nations Office in Vienna which is placed in the central Memorial Plaza of the Vienna International Center. The statue of Abu Rayhan Biruni (973 - 1048) Muslim astronomer, mathematician, ethnographist, anthropologist, historian, and geographer.
The Persian Scholars Pavilion at United Nations in Vienna, Austria is featuring the statues of four prominent Persian figures. Highlighting the Persian architectural features, the pavilion is adorned with Persian art forms and includes the statues of renowned Persian scientists Avicenna, Abu Rayhan Biruni, Zakariya Razi (Rhazes) and Omar Khayyam.
The Mausoleum of Avicenna is a complex located at Avicenna Square in Hamadan, Iran
The statue of Omar Khayyam in United Nations Office in Vienna as a part of the Persian Scholars Pavilion donated by Iran
The Persian astronomer, mathematician, and poet Omar Khayyam (1048-ca. 1132) made important contributions to mathematics, but his chief claim to fame, at least in the last 100 years, has been as the author of a collection of quatrains, the "Rubaiyat."
Omar Khayyam (1048-ca. 1132) Nishapur, Iran
Mausoleum of Omar Khayyam (1048-ca. 1132) Nishapur, Iran by Houshang Seyhoun (1920 –2014)
Ashgabat Magtymguly (1733-1783)
Omar Khayyam Dushanbe Tajikistan by Anatoli Galian (1947-2008)
Dushanbe Tajikistan Omar Khayyam by Anatoli Galian (1947-2008)
Mir Emad (born Emad al-Molk Qazvini Hasani 1554 – 1615) is perhaps the most celebrated Persian calligrapher
Mīrzā Muhammad Tāraghay bin Shāhrukh better known as Ulugh Beg (1394 - 1449) was a Timurid ruler as well as an astronomer, mathematician and sultan. He built the great Ulugh Beg Observatory in Samarkand between 1424 and 1429
Al-Khwarizmi Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Musa al- Khwarizmi, (780 - 840 C.E.) was a Persian mathematician, scientist, and author. He worked in Baghdad and wrote all his works in Arabic. He developed the concept of an algorithm in mathematics. The words "algorithm" and "algorism" derive ultimately from his name. Statue of Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi in Khiva, Ouzbekistan
Statue of Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi in Khiva, Ouzbekistan
Statue of Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi in Khiva, Ouzbekistan
Perhaps one of the most significant contributions of Khawarizmi to mathematics was that he was the one who invented the digit zero. The Arabic word for zero “siphr” is the origin of the English word cipher, which although now is used mostly to refer to cryptography, was used to mean zero until the 19th century.
Of great importance also was al-Khwarizmi’s contribution to medieval geography. He systematized and corrected Ptolemy’s research in geography, using his own original findings that are entitled as Surat al-Ard (The Shape of the Earth)