Editing Scientist (section)

===Middle Ages===
[[Science in medieval Islam]] generated some new modes of developing natural knowledge, although still within the bounds of existing social roles such as philosopher and mathematician. Many proto-scientists from the [[Islamic Golden Age]] are considered [[polymath]]s, in part because of the lack of anything corresponding to modern [[scientific discipline]]s. Many of these early polymaths were also religious [[priest]]s and [[Theology|theologians]]: for example, [[Alhazen]] and [[Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī|al-Biruni]] were [[Kalam|mutakallimiin]]; the physician [[Avicenna]] was a [[Hafiz (Quran)|hafiz]]; the physician [[Ibn al-Nafis]] was a hafiz, [[muhaddith]] and [[ulema]]; the botanist [[Otto Brunfels]] was a theologian and historian of Protestantism; the astronomer and physician [[Nicolaus Copernicus]] was a priest. During the [[Italian Renaissance]] scientists like [[Leonardo da Vinci]], [[Michelangelo]], [[Galileo Galilei]] and [[Gerolamo Cardano]] have been considered the most recognizable polymaths.