Omar Khayyam is one of those rare birds whose creativity and scientific strengths coexisted and flourished in one mind. Author of the Rubaiyat; poet, mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer Omar Khayyam was born on this day May 18, 1048 in Neyshabur, Iran. Omar Khayyam, born on this day May 18, 1048 in Nishapur, Iran, was a renowned …