Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni al-Khwarizmi (973-1048AD).
Regarded by some as one of the greatest Islamic scholars.
Devised a method of measuring the size of the Earth from a single location,
rather than having to measure celestial angles from two (or more) different
locations simultaneously.
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