Ans: Al-Beruni.
- He was the famous scientist of Golden age.
- He was a scholar, astronomer, physician, and mathematician.
- He wrote more than one hundred and fifty books on Physics, Mathematics and Geography, etc.
- His famous book "kitab Ul Qanoon Ul Masoodi" is considered as an encyclopedia of Astronomy.
- He discussed the measurement of earth, the shape of the earth, the movement of sun and moon, the phases of the moon and the movement of then known planets in his famous book Qanoon Al Masoodi.
- He gave the method of determining the longitude and altitude pf a place.
- He also determined the densities of the metals.
- In the sight of above contribution, Al-Beruni is called Versatile Scientist.
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