Abū ʿAbd Allāh Ḥusām al-Dīn, Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Ikhsīktī

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was a Persian polymath revered for his contributions to astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy. He authored the influential work 'Al-Tadhkira fi ilm al-hay'a,' which refined Ptolemaic models and prefigured Copernican ideas. Tusi's 'Akhlaq-i Nasiri' remains a seminal text in ethical philosophy. His establishment of the Maragheh observatory marked a pivotal moment in astronomical research, where he developed the Tusi-couple, an innovative geometric model. Tusi's work encompass...See more