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Abu Rehan Muhammad Bin Ahmed "Al-Beruni" was in a small town 'Berun' present in Afghanistan in 973 A.D. He was a great scholar of his time.

-He wrote more than 150 books on mathematics, physics, geography, history, comparitive religion, culture, civilization, geology, Archaeology, cosmology, chemistry and Biology.

-He gave an idea that earth was a flat body. But he rejected this motion and practically proved that earth is round.

-He measured the circumference of the earth.

-He discussed the movement of the sun and moon and phases of the moon.

-He told that earth is floating in space just like a grape floating in water.

-He found densities of various metals.

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