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The hydrological concepts presented in Inbāṭ al-miyāh al-khafīya, Muḥammad Karajī's 11th century text on the construction of the qanāt, contain unexpected premises and theories that set this text apart from its contemporaries. Even when not straying far from the Aristotelian cosmology of the medieval world, Karajī's hydrological discussions often represent a fresh take on the common scientific wisdom regarding the flow of water at and near the earth's surface.
The hydrological concepts presented in Inbāṭ al-miyāh al-khafīya, Muḥammad Karajī's 11th century text on the construction of the qanāt, contain unexpected premises and theories that set this text apart from its contemporaries. Even when not straying far from the Aristotelian cosmology of the medieval world, Karajī's hydrological discussions often represent a fresh take on the common scientific wisdom regarding the flow of water at and near the earth's surface.
Of Persian origin, he spent an important part of his scientific life in Baghdad where he composed ground breaking mathematical books.
He was also the first to use the method of proof by mathematical induction to prove his results, which he also used to prove the sum formula for integral cubes, an important result in integral calculus.
The hydrological concepts presented in Inbāṭ al-miyāh al-khafīya, Muḥammad Karajī's 11th century text on the construction of the qanāt, contain unexpected premises and theories that set this text apart from its contemporaries. Even when not straying far from the Aristotelian cosmology of the medieval world, Karajī's hydrological discussions often represent a fresh take on the common scientific wisdom regarding the flow of water at and near the earth's surface.
