Ibn al Haytham · Science
Ibn al-Haytham insisted that nature be questioned by controlled experiment and mathematics, not settled by the authority of the ancients - and some call him the first true scientist.
You learned that Ibn al-Haytham fused experiment, mathematics, and systematic doubt. Explain how those three together make a method, and whether ‘first scientist’ is fair, in your own words.
Leads to Roger Bacon.
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