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(Arab Mathematician, Astronomer, and Physicist of the Islamic Golden Age)

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Birthdate: 0965 AD

Birthplace: Basrah, Iraq

Died: 1040 AD

Ibn al-Haytham was an Arab mathematician, physicist, and astronomer of the Islamic Golden Age. He is best remembered for his contributions to the principles of optics for which he is called the father of modern optics. He was the first person to explain visual perception. A polymath, Ibn al-Haytham also wrote influential books on philosophy, medicine, and theology.

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Jim Al-Khalili

(Physicist)

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Birthdate: September 20, 1962

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Baghdad, Iraq

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Al-Battani

(Astronomer)

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Birthdate: 0858 AD

Birthplace: Şanlıurfa

Died: 0929 AD

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Hunayn ibn Ishaq

(Translator)

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Birthdate: 0809 AD

Birthplace: al-Ḥīrah, Iraq

Died: 0873 AD

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Thābit ibn Qurra

(Mathematician)

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Birthdate: 0836 AD

Birthplace: Harran, Turkey

Died: February 8, 0901

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Al-Farraʼ

(Linguist, Philologist)

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Birthdate: 0761 AD

Birthplace: Kufa, Iraq

Died: 0822 AD

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Lihadh Al-Gazali

(Scientists)

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Birthdate: 1948 AD

Birthplace: Amarah, Iraq

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Ibn al-A'rabi

(Philologist, Genealogist and Oral Traditionist of Arabic Tribal Poetry)

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Birthdate: 0760 AD

Birthplace: Kufa al-Kūfah, Iraq

Died: 0846 AD