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Item no. P526 (cover)
Type: cover
Country: Pakistan
Date of issue: 4 November 1969
FDCover with stamp issued to honor the 1000th anniversary of birth of Ibn-al-Haitham [Alhazen] (965 – 1040), Arab polymath, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher called Father of Optics. His main work "Kitab al-Manazir" ("Book of Optics") has been translated into Latin and exerted great influence on Western science.
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