Kamal al-Din al-Farisi's Tanqih al-Manazir

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Kamal al-Din al-Farisi's Tanqih al-Manazir is a seminal medieval treatise on optics that critically revises and expands Ibn al-Haytham’s work, offering influential explanations of vision, refraction, and phenomena such as the rainbow.

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instanceOf medieval scientific treatise ⓘ
optics treatise ⓘ
aim critical revision of Ibn al-Haytham’s optics ⓘ
expansion of Ibn al-Haytham’s optical theories ⓘ
associatedWith Kamal al-Din al-Farisi’s studies on the rainbow ⓘ
author Kamal al-Din al-Farisi ⓘ
basedOn Kitab al-Manazir ⓘ
contribution systematic explanation of the rainbow using refraction and reflection in raindrops ⓘ
critiques aspects of Ibn al-Haytham’s theory of vision ⓘ
culturalContext Islamic scientific tradition ⓘ
discusses atmospheric optical phenomena ⓘ
formation of images in the eye ⓘ
geometrical optics ⓘ
physiological aspects of vision ⓘ
rainbow formation ⓘ
reflection of light ⓘ
refraction of light ⓘ
structure of the eye ⓘ
visual perception ⓘ
extends Ibn al-Haytham’s analysis of refraction ⓘ
Ibn al-Haytham’s treatment of atmospheric optics ⓘ
field optics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
genre scholarly revision ⓘ
scientific commentary ⓘ
historicalSignificance important source for later optical theories ⓘ
major work in the history of Islamic optics ⓘ
influenced later Islamic scholars of optics ⓘ
medieval discussions of the rainbow ⓘ
influencedBy Ibn al-Haytham ⓘ
intellectualTradition Islamic Golden Age science ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
mainSubject optics ⓘ
rainbow ⓘ
refraction of light ⓘ
theory of vision ⓘ
methodology experimental observation in optics ⓘ
mathematical analysis of optical problems ⓘ
region Persian scholarly milieu ⓘ
relatedWork Ibn al-Haytham’s Kitab al-Manazir ⓘ
linked to: Book of Optics
scholarlyReception recognized as a seminal medieval treatise on optics ⓘ
temporalContext medieval Islamic period ⓘ
titleTranslation Revision of the Optics ⓘ
usesConcept geometrical analysis of light rays ⓘ
laws of reflection ⓘ
qualitative laws of refraction ⓘ

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Islamic optics → majorWork → Kamal al-Din al-Farisi's Tanqih al-Manazir ⓘ
Kamal al-Din al-Farisi → notableWork → Tanqih al-Manazir ⓘ
linked to: Kamal al-Din al-Farisi's Tanqih al-Manazir