‘1001 Inventions’ surprises Muscat Festival visitors

Columnist Sunday 07/February/2016 20:47 PM
By: Times News Service
‘1001 Inventions’ surprises Muscat Festival visitors

Muscat: Did you know that the camera on your mobile phone was inspired by a Muslim intellectual called Ibn Al Haytham? That a scholar called Al Mawsili invented a way to treat the eye disease cataract, a technique which is still applied in hospitals today?