Avicenna Ibn Sina: Muslim Physician and Philosopher of the Eleventh Century (Great Muslim Philosophers and Scientists of the Middle Ages)

Avicenna was considered a child prodigy by the age of ten, and became the most famous physician, philosopher, activist, mathematician, and astronomer of his time. He wrote more than 1 books, the most famous of which was Canon, which outlines the entire known medical knowledge of the period in five volumes.