Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)

c.965-c.1040 · Cairo (Fatimid) · Arabic optics & natural philosophy

opticsvisionexperimental-methodcamera-obscura

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c.1011-1021
Kitāb al-Manāẓir· Arabic

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