Arab scholar Jabir ibn Hayyan is famous for his ‘invention’ of the Philosophers’ Stone – purportedly a substance which could turn ordinary metals into gold.

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 ...

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.

The most important work was that of Berthelot, yet owing to the limited range of works studied, particularly in the case of Jabir ibn Hayyan, it is likely that some of the conclusions of the great ...