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815
Jabrir ibn Hayyan
Known as the "Father of Chemistry", described crystallization and distillation, and worked on citric acid, acetic acid, tartaric acid, arsenic, sulphur, and mercury in his books called The Jabririan Corpus. -
873
Abu Yusuf Al-Kindi
Proved that lead or any base metal could not be turned into gold or other precious metals -
925
Muhammad ibn Zakariya Al-Razi
Along with his extensive works in the field of medicine, Al-Razi invented distillation to get alcohol, extraction of kerosene, modern soap, antiseptics, etc. He disproved potions and similar mystical ideas. -
1007
Maslama Al-Majriti
Known in Al-Andalus as the best astronomer and mathematician of his time, he was one of the earliest to experiment on and create mercury(II) oxide. -
1037
Ibn Sina
A scientific and philosophical giant of the Islamic Golden Age, he used steam distillation to produce essential oils for treating heart conditions. -
1045
Abu Al-Rayan Al-Biruni
Published the pharmacopoeia titled "Kitaab As-Saydala fi At-Tibb". also known as "Book on the Pharmacopoeia of Medicine". It lists the name of symptoms and drugs in over seven languages. -
Ahmed Zewail
An Egyptian chemist known as the "Father of Femtochemistry", Zewail was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy." -
Aziz Sancar
A Turkish biochemist and molecular biologist, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair."
