This is al-Jazari, father of robotics and modern day engineering By Ibrahim GIMBA, Abuja Badīʿ az-Zaman Abu l-ʿIzz ibn Ismāʿīl ibn ar-Razāz al-Jazarī, IPA was a polymath, a scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, artisan, artist and mathematician from the Artuqid Dynasty of Jazira in Mesopotamia. Born: 1136, Upper Mesopotamia Died: 1206 Books: The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices Book of knowledge in engineering tricks') In 1206, he described 50 mechanical devices, along with instructions on how to construct them. He is credited with the invention of the elephant clock. He has been described as the...