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The "Book of Optics," also known as "Kitāb al-Manāzir" in Arabic, is a pivotal work in the history of optics and vision, authored by the renowned Arab scientist and philosopher Ibn al-Haytham (known as Alhazen in the Latin tradition) in the 11th century. The work is considered one of the foundational texts in the field of optics and laid important groundwork for later developments in both physics and visual science.

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