Scientists from the University of Sharjah and the Warburg Institute are poring over the writings of an 11th-century Arab-Muslim polymath to demonstrate their impact on the development of optical ...

Snake miniature, 14th century edition, from Marvels of Creation, by al-Qazwini As Islam expanded, the cities where Greek science had flourished came under Muslim control. These included Alexandria ...

Ibn Al Haytham's stopping by to talk about his life and times as a scientist and philosopher, back at the turn of the last millennium. Born in 965AD during the Islamic Golden Age, Al Haytham spent ten ...