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René Descartes

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Publication and explanation of the law of refraction in the creator’s account of its naming.

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1001 Inventions

Edited by Salim T. S. al-Hassani

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Printed p. 311 PDF p. 314Reference feature

“…Ibn al-Sha tir. Ibn al-Shatir's Both Kepler and Descartes relied upon Ibn alplanetary theory and models are mathematically Haytham's studies on the refraction of light, and ,--., identical to those prepared by Copernicus…”

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