Rubai. Khayyam O.

The great poet and the outstanding scientist Omar Hayyam was born in the city of Nishapur in 1048. His pen owns a number of works on philosophy, astronomy and mathematics, and in the field of mathematics, he ahead of his contemporaries for several centuries. Today, Khayyam's scientific works are known mainly only to specialists in the history of science. Universal glory of Omar Hayam was brought by his quatrastice-Rubai, whose lyrical hero is trying to understand the universe, to comprehend the nature of man and God.