TY - GEN N2 - Abu Raihan Biruni (973-1053 CE) was an Iranian scholar whose extraordinary achievements include predicting the existence of landmasses (North and South America) on the opposite side of the Earth and calculating the radius of the Earth five centuries before the European Renaissance. In Brilliant Biruni, Mohammad S. Kamiar presents the life of one of the greatest scholars in the history of the world: the story of a boy who became Biruni. AB - Abu Raihan Biruni (973-1053 CE) was an Iranian scholar whose extraordinary achievements include predicting the existence of landmasses (North and South America) on the opposite side of the Earth and calculating the radius of the Earth five centuries before the European Renaissance. In Brilliant Biruni, Mohammad S. Kamiar presents the life of one of the greatest scholars in the history of the world: the story of a boy who became Biruni. T1 - Brilliant Birunia life story of Abu Rayhan Mohammad Ibn Ahmad / DA - 2009. CY - Lanham, Md. : AU - Kamiar, Mohammad. CN - ProQuest Ebook Central CN - ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete CN - Q143.B5 PB - Scarecrow Press, PP - Lanham, Md. : PY - 2009. ID - 438742 KW - Muslim scientists KW - Scientists KW - Geography KW - Science, Medieval. KW - Science and civilization. SN - 9780810862449 TI - Brilliant Birunia life story of Abu Rayhan Mohammad Ibn Ahmad / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=467044 LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=467044 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=467044 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=467044 ER -