Abu al-Wafa’ al-Buzjani

The geometric star patterns that adorn the walls and floors of mosques were born where mathematics met the hands of craftsmen. The twenty-third book of Tracing the Scholars of Islam tells the story of Abu al-Wafa’ al-Buzjani: pioneer of the tangent function, compiler of precise sine tables, author of geometry for craftsmen, and al-Biruni’s partner in observing an eclipse from two cities. “Indeed, all things We created with predestination.”