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Ibn al-Haytham is presented as astronomer mathematician associated with Basra and Cairo. The working chronology for this record is 354-430 AH / 965-1040 CE. Known for optics, visual theory, experimental reasoning, and mathematics. Ibn al-Haytham is presented as optics scholar and mathematician associated with Basra and Cairo. The working chronology for this record is 354-430 AH / 965-1040 CE. Known for optics, visual theory, experimental reasoning, and mathematics.
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354-430 AH / 965-1040 CE
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Astronomy and mathematics
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