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Ibn Al-haytham

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1. al-hasan ibn al-haytham, al-haytham, alhacen, alhazen, ibn al-haytham

an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ibn Al-haytham

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Arab mathematician and astronomer best known for his book on optics, which presented experimental studies of reflection and refraction and an influential theory of vision that revised that of the Greeks.

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