al-Kindi, Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Ishaq

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Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi (Abū Yūsuf Yaʻqūb ibn ʼIsḥāq aṣ-Ṣabbāḥ al-Kindī, c.801-866) was a Muslim polymath – known as a philosopher, a mathematician, a physician, and a music theorist.

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Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.