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Re:How to Do Philosophy by ncm on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @11:15PM (#74932)
No, modern science was invented by ibn al-Haytham a thousand years ago. (Spellings vary, but include "Alhazen" and "Alhacen".) He is generally credited with inventing modern optics (along with various geometric results), but the method he invented to give a firm foundation to his investigations into optics was what, today, we call science. Bacon studied him.

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