[one_half] It’s hard to imagine a world without photography. Billion dollar companies like Instagram and Canon are based on the idea of capturing light from a scene, creating an image from it, and reproducing that image. But doing so is impossible without the trailblazing work of the 11th century Muslim scientist, Ibn al-Haytham, who developed the field of optics and described how the first cameras work. Working in the imperial city of Cairo in the early 1000s, Ibn al-Haytham was…
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From coffee to cheques and the three-course meal, the Muslim world has given us many innovations that we take for granted in daily life. Here’s 5 most important inventions by Muslims…