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Karen K. Christensen-Dalsgaard, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, MacEwan University

INSANE: Changing the eurocentric narrative about the history of science why multiculturalism matters | Rare Historical Photos

An illustration by the medieval Islamic scholar Abu Rayhan al-Biruni depicting the phases of the moon in relation to the Sun. (Wikimedia Commons)
A drawing of a man with a long beard wearing a turban
The medieval Islamic mathematician, astronomer and physicist Ibn al Haytham (965 – c. 1040) lived in Cairo, Egypt, during the Islamic golden Age and is considered the father of optics. (Wikimedia Commons), CC BY
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