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“We start by observing reality ... we try to select solid (unchanging) observations that are not affected by how we perceive (measure) them. We then proceed by increasing our research and measurement, subjecting premises to criticism, and being cautious in drawing conclusions ... In all we do, our purpose should be balanced not arbitrary, the search for truth, not support of opinions ... Hopefully, by following this method ... (we can find a) road to the truth that we can be confident in ...” Lattice Energy LLC LENRS: powering the world to a green future April 21, 2013 Lattice Energy LLC, Copyright 2013 All rights reserved 1 Ibn al-Haytham ، ال ح سن ب ن ال ح سن ب ن ال ه ي ثم ب و ع ليKitâb al-Manâzir ca. 1011 - 1021 Image: surviving fragment of a map of the pre- modern world compiled in 1513 from military intelligence by the brilliant Ottoman admiral and cartographer, Piri Reis now thought to be entirely authentic thanks to book by Gavin Menzies,”1421: The year China discovered America(2002)

Lattice Energy LLC- Ibn al-Haytham-ca 1016-Quote from Kitab al-Manadhir re Search for Scientific Truth-April 21 2013

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Quote is from the renowned Arab mathematician and brilliant polymath Ibn Al-Haytham (Arabic: أب و ع لي، ال ح سن ب ن ال ح سن ب ن ال ه ي ثم ), considered by many historians of science to be the father of the modern scientific method; he made this statement in his famous 7-volume treatise on optics, Kitab Al-Manadhir (written ca. 1011 - 1021, purportedly while under house arrest in Egypt). Note: Piri Reis' full, formal Turkish name was Hadji Ahmed Muhiddin Piri.

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“We start by observing reality ... we try to select solid

(unchanging) observations that are not affected by how we

perceive (measure) them. We then proceed by increasing

our research and measurement, subjecting premises to

criticism, and being cautious in drawing conclusions ... In

all we do, our purpose should be balanced not arbitrary, the

search for truth, not support of opinions ... Hopefully, by

following this method ... (we can find a) road to the truth

that we can be confident in ...”

Lattice Energy LLC

LENRS: powering the world to a green future

April 21, 2013 Lattice Energy LLC, Copyright 2013 All rights reserved 1

Ibn al-Haytham ب و ع لي، ال ح سن ب ن ال ح سن ب ن ال ه ي ثم Kitâb al-Manâzir ca. 1011 - 1021 Image: surviving fragment of a map of the pre-

modern world compiled in 1513 from military

intelligence by the brilliant Ottoman admiral and

cartographer, Piri Reis – now thought to be entirely

authentic thanks to book by Gavin Menzies,”1421:

The year China discovered America” (2002)