Ibn Sina (Avicenna) was a Persian polymath born in 980 AD in what is now Uzbekistan. He made contributions to many fields, including philosophy, medicine, and earth sciences. In medicine, his most influential work was The Canon of Medicine, a standard medical text in Europe for centuries. He introduced many medical practices like clinical trials and evidence-based medicine. In philosophy, he wrote extensively on logic, metaphysics, and ethics. Ibn Sina sought to reconcile philosophy and theology through reason and prove God's existence scientifically. He was a prolific writer who authored around 450 books in various fields.