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Why learning about Ibn al-Haytham's scientific method changes everything

I just found out that Islamic scholars were doing experimental science centuries before Francis Bacon and I don't know what else I don't know.

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Discovery of foundational misattributions opens an uncomfortable questioning of all received historical narratives.

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“Where Are You with Islamic and Arab contributions to science and technology — historical?”

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