World celebrates Omar Khayyam’s 971st birthday

Sunday, 19 May 2019 10:42 AM [ Last Update: Monday, 20 May 2019 3:27 AM ]

A statue of 11th century Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet, Hakim Omar Khayyam

The world celebrates Omar Khayyam’s 971st birthday. The polymath is best known for his poems which were translated to English by Edward Fitzgerald but that is not the only field he excelled at. Watch for more.

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