Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)

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Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) was an influential medieval polymath best known for his foundational work in optics, mathematics, and scientific methodology, which earned him recognition as a pioneer of the modern scientific method.

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instanceOf Islamic Golden Age scholar ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
optics pioneer ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
birthDate c. 965 ⓘ
birthPlace Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Basra ⓘ
citizenship Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
contributedTo early principles of analytic geometry ⓘ
mathematical analysis of motion ⓘ
the development of the modern scientific method ⓘ
understanding of visual perception ⓘ
deathDate c. 1040 ⓘ
deathPlace Cairo ⓘ
Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
developed experimental approach to optics ⓘ
systematic use of hypotheses and tests in science ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
field astronomy ⓘ
engineering ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
optics ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
physics ⓘ
influenced European scholastic optics ⓘ
Johannes Kepler ⓘ
Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
Roger Bacon ⓘ
Witelo ⓘ
influencedBy Euclid ⓘ
Galen ⓘ
Ptolemy ⓘ
linked to: Claudius Ptolemaeus
knownFor Book of Optics ⓘ
analysis of camera obscura ⓘ
critique of Ptolemaic astronomy ⓘ
experimental scientific method ⓘ
foundational work in geometrical optics ⓘ
studies of reflection and refraction ⓘ
theory of vision based on intromission of light ⓘ
languageOfWork Arabic ⓘ
name Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham ⓘ
Alhazen ⓘ
Ibn al-Haytham ⓘ
notableWork Book of Optics ⓘ
Kitāb al-Manāẓir ⓘ
Maqala fi’l-Qarastun (Treatise on the Balance) ⓘ
Risala fi’l-Daw’ (Treatise on Light) ⓘ
works on conic sections ⓘ
occupation scholar ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
residence Basra ⓘ
Cairo ⓘ
theory light travels in straight lines ⓘ
refraction causes apparent displacement of celestial bodies near the horizon ⓘ
vision occurs when light rays enter the eye ⓘ

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