Mathematics
Al-Khwarizmi and the book that named algebra
A practical handbook on inheritance and trade gave mathematics a new word, and a new way to solve for the unknown.
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Mathematics
Algebra, geometry and the science of light.
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Ibn al-Haytham put the eye in the dark room
In Cairo, a scholar asked how we see, then tested his answer with light, shutters and a darkened chamber.