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Who is Abu Ali Sina?
Ibn Sina, also known as Abu Ali Sina, and often known in the west as “Avicenna” was a Persian polymath who is regarded as one of the most famous and influential Iranian philosophers and scientists. He is one of the most prominent physicians, astronomers, thinkers and writers of the Islamic Golden Age and is also known as the father of modern medicine. His most famous books are 'The Book of Healing', the Philosophical and Scientific Encyclopedia and 'The Canon of Medicine', also called the Medical Encyclopedia. This book has been taught in European scientific centers for nearly seven hundred years and is the second published book in Europe after the Bible. Even nowadays, this book is being taught as an important part of ancient medicine in the most important centers and universities of the world. Besides philosophy and medicine, Avicenna's corpus includes writings on astronomy, alchemy, geography and geology, psychology, Islamic theology, logic, mathematics, physics and works of poetry.
