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Faith, work and mathematics

The Bible is full of builders, planners, merchants, administrators and craftspeople.

Noah worked from dimensions. Joseph planned grain storage across fourteen years. Bezalel and Oholiab built from detailed patterns. These pages explain the math their work required without inventing titles or discoveries the text never gives them.

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c. 1364-1436

Qadi Zada al-Rumi

Anatolia and Samarkand

Qadi Zada al-Rumi was mathematician and astronomer. He taught and worked at the Samarkand observatory, contributing to trigonometric and astronomical calculation.

Algebra · TrigonometryNavigators & Pilots
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826-901

Thabit ibn Qurra

Harran and Baghdad

Thabit ibn Qurra was mathematician, translator, astronomer, and physician. He translated Greek mathematics and made original contributions to number theory, geometry, mechanics, and astronomy.

Numbers · AlgebraEngineers & Architects
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