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Thābit came to Baghdad in the first place to work for the Banū Mūsā becoming a part of their circle and helping them translate Greek mathematical textsHis son, Sinan ibn Thabit and grandson, Ibrahim ibn Sinan would also make contributions to the medicine and science. By the end of his life, Thābit had managed to write 150 works on mathematics, astronomy, and medicine.With all the work done by Thābit, most of his work has not lasted time.

He was the author to multiple treaties. Due to him being trilingual, Thābit was able to have a major role during the Graeco-Arabic translation movement. He would also make a school of translation in Baghdad.

In regards to Ptolemy's Planetary Hypotheses, Thābit examined the problems of the motion of the sun and moon, and the theory of sundials.

He was able to provide proof of the theorem through dissection.Thābit's contributions included proof of the Pythagoras' theorem and Euclid's fifth postulate. In regards to the Pythagorean Theorem, Thābit used a method reduction and composition to find proof. Thābit would also write commentary for Archimedes's Liber Assumpta.

In addition, Thābit's Liber Karatonis contained proof of the law of the lever. This work was the result of combining Aristotelian and Archimedean ideas of dynamics and mechanics