Revolutionaries


Alhazen (965-1039). Arab or Persian Muslim polymath who made significant contributions to the principles of optics, as well as to anatomy, astronomy, engineering, mathematics, medicine, ophthalmology, philosophy, physics, psychology, visual perception, and to science in general with his introduction of the scientific method.

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Which Revolution was more Important?

The Reformation (1500)
The Scientific Revolution (1600)
The Industrial Revolution (1850)
The Green Revolution (1950)

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Which Revolution was more Important?

The Reformation (1500)
  32%
The Scientific Revolution (1600)
  32%
The Industrial Revolution (1850)
  21%
The Green Revolution (1950)
  16%
total votes = 19