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History World · October 18, 2026

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Ibn al-Haytham. Born around 965, this physicist and astronomer wrote the Book of Optics. He is called a father of the scientific method. In which present-day country was this person born?

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Iraq

💡 Ibn al-Haytham also wrote Doubts Concerning Ptolemy.

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