LAHORE – Google Doodle celebrates the life of philosopher-scientist Ibn Sina. Ibn Sina was born in c. 980 in what is now modern-day Uzbekistan. And around this date is what have would have been his 1038th birthday.
The illustration is by Cynthia Yuan Cheng and only users in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman and the UAE can see the doodle. Google tributes the well-known personalities with a doodle on their birth or death anniversaries and we believe it is a great honor to give anyone.
Let’s have a look at the doodle:
By the age of ten, Ibn Sina had memorized the Quran, and by the age of 16, he began to study medicine. By 18 he was treating patients. His growing reputation as a polymath meant that scholars flocked to him to engage in study and discussion.
He eventually settled in Isfahan, in the employ of the local prince, the Kakuyid ruler, Muhammad ibn Rustam Dushmanziyar, where he saw out the rest of his days, writing philosophical and scientific work, which included the topics of alchemy, astronomy, psychology and Islamic theology.
Ibn Sina is thought to have written over 400 books, 240 of which survive today. He was also known as the “Canon” in the West, the five-volume encyclopedia of medicine was translated into Latin in the twelfth century and was used as a standard medical text in Europe.
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