Life Of Abu Musa Jabir b. Al-Haiyan (Geber)

• Jabir b. Haiyan (721-815) 

was a chemist, physicist, and mathematician and astronomer in the court of Harun Al-Rashid
 • Jabir is considered to be the father of alchemy and chemistry; he popularized the empirical method, invented over twenty laboratory equipments; discovered nitric and hydrochloric acids
 • Jabir wrote over 200 books; his Kitab al-Kimya (Book of Alchemy), translated in 1144 CE, became standard text for European alchemists Scientists delight not in abundance of material; they rejoice in the excellence of their experimental work