Ibn Bajja (Avempace)

ابْن بَاجَّة

Pioneer of mechanics — influenced Galileo

Born: 1085 CE, Zaragoza

Died: 1138 CE, Fez

Era: Medieval

Field: Philosophy, Physics

Origin: Zaragoza, Al-Andalus

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn al-Sayigh al-Tujibī, known as Ibn Bajja, was a 12th-century Andalusian polymath whose work on mechanics — specifically his theory of motion — directly influenced Galileo Galilei and the foundations of classical mechanics.