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Today is Omar Khayyam's Birthday!
Happy Birthday
Omar Khayyam!

Born:  May 18, 1048

in Nishapur, Persia (now Iran)

Died:  December 4, 1131

in Nishapur, Persia (now Iran)

While better known as a poet, Khyyam made significant advances in solving a wide variety of cubic equations.

A beautiful edition of the Rubaiyat.