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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Ibn al-Haytham name Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham
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Thabit ibn Qurra influenced Ibn al-Haytham
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