Arab scholar Jabir ibn Hayyan is famous for his ‘invention’ of the Philosophers’ Stone – purportedly a substance which could turn ordinary metals into gold. He never found such a substance – but he ...

The modern classification of elements as we know it today, of both metals and nonmetals, has its seeds in Hayyan’s chemical nomenclature. He is credited with the invention of processes such as ...

JABIR IBN HAYYAN.—In a paper in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1923, vol. 16 (section of the History of Medicine), p. 46, Mr. E. J. Holmyard has collected the information we possess ...

TEHRAN -- A TV series about prominent Iranian scientist Jabir ibn Hayyan will be broadcasted for Azeri viewers on Sahar, an international Iranian TV channel available on satellite, in near future.

UNESCO and the 1001 Inventions organization will launch a new educational initiative celebrating the 8th century polymath Jabir ibn Hayyan as part of the 2019 International Year of the Periodic Table ...