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Ibn al-Haytham
Ibn al-Haytham, Latinized as Alhazen, was a mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of the Islamic Golden Age from Iraq. Referred to as "the father of modern optics", he made significant contributions to the principles of optics and visual perception in particular. His most influential work is titled Kitāb al-Manāẓir, written during 1011–1021, which survived in a Latin edition. The works of Alhaz…
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science · Arab physicist, mathematician and astronomer (c.965–c.1040) · mathematician · physicist · philosopher · astronomer · inventor · astrologer · engineer · naturalist · also Ibn al-Haytham, Alhacen, Alhazen, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥaytham, Ptolemaeus Secundus, The Physicist
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Moviefone: 1001 Inventions and the World of Ibn Al-Haytham
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2019· 1 entry
islamweb: Ibn Al-Haytham: The father of modern optics
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2018· 1 entry
AI Alarabiya: IN PICTURES: Arab physicist Ibn al-Haytham’s works to come alive in Manchester
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en.mehrnews: UNESCO celebrates life of ‘Ibn Al-Haytham’
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2014· 2 entries
RealClearScience: Ibn al-Haytham: The Muslim Scientist Who Birthed the Scientific Method
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The "Hiding in the Light" episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson, focused on the accomplishments of Ibn al-Haytham
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2012· 1 entry
Hebdo Ahram: Tracing the footsteps of historical Cairo's lost icons: Ibn Al-Haytham
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Died 1038.
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Born 0965.
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