Science & Faith
The concept of the finite nature of matter was first introduced by Antoine Lavoisier during the 18th century. He discovered that, although matter may change its form or shape, its mass always remains the same. Thus, for instance, if water is heated to steam or if a piece of wood is burnt to ashes, the total mass remains unchanged. However, the principles of this discovery had already been elaborated centuries before by Muslim scholar Abu Rayhan al Biruni. Lavoisier in fact was a disciple of Muslim chemists and physicists and referred to their books frequently.
Al-Biruni is regarded as one of the greatest scholars of the medieval Islamic era and was well versed in physics, mathematics, astronomy, and natural sciences, and also distinguished himself as a historian, chronologist and linguist.
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