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Jul 10, 2024 · Ibn al-Haytham (born c. 965, Basra, Iraq—died c. 1040, Cairo, Egypt) was a mathematician and astronomer who made significant contributions to the principles of optics and the use of scientific experiments.
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Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham (Latinized as Alhazen; / æ l ˈ h æ z ən /; full name Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham أبو علي، الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; c. 965 – c. 1040) was a medieval mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of the Islamic Golden Age from present-day Iraq.
He was an Islamic mathematician who wrote early works on optics as well as geometry and number theory. View five larger pictures. Biography. Ibn al-Haytham is sometimes called al-Basri, meaning from the city of Basra in Iraq, and sometimes called al-Misri, meaning that he came from Egypt.
May 17, 2018 · The Arabian physicist, astronomer, and mathematician al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham (ca. 966-1039), or Alhazen, established the theory of vision that prevailed till the 17th century. He also defended a theory of the physical reality of Ptolemy's planetary models.
Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) is one of the most famous physicists who discovered many laws and theories in physics; especially in optics. His one of the most notable works proves that the human eyes see because of light falling on the eyes.
Sometimes called “the father of modern optics”, he made significant contributions to the principles of optics and visual perception in particular, his most influential work being his Kitāb al-Manāẓir (“Book of Optics”), written during 1011–1021, which survived in the Latin edition.
In geometry, Ibn al-Haytham developed analytical geometry by establishing the linkage between algebra and geometry. Ibn al-Haytham also discovered a formula for adding the first 100 natural numbers. His contributions to number theory include his work on perfect numbers.
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