Jabir ibn Hayyan 10 (An Islamic Scientist)

Ten books deals on rectification, containing descriptions of “alchemists” such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. The books on balance describes his famous theory of the balance in nature. One of his books Chemical Composition remained the authoritative textbook in the European universities until the eighteenth century. Several technical terms introduced by Jabir, such as alkali has become part of scientific vocabulary. This man was one of the greatest geniuses ever born, but we Muslims totally ignored him.