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    Ibn al-Haytham was an influential polymath and scientist who lived from 965 to 1040. He made pioneering contributions to optics and visual perception. He is considered one of the earliest scientists because he sought experimental proof of his theories and ideas. Some of his most important works included Kitab fi al-Manazir, The Light of the Moon, and The Light of the Stars.

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    Ibn al-Haytham was an influential polymath and scientist who lived from 965 to 1040. He made pioneering contributions to optics and visual perception. He is considered one of the earliest scientists because he sought experimental proof of his theories and ideas. Some of his most important works included Kitab fi al-Manazir, The Light of the Moon, and The Light of the Stars.

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    Ibn al Haytham

    ABU ALI AL- ḤASAN IBN AL-HAYTHAM AL-BASRI

    965 (Basra) - 1040 (Cairo)

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    BACKGROUND
    th m a k e
    h e m u s t
    • A polymath th en o f all
    e e n e m y
    • A pioneering scientific lf t h
    himse ea ds .”
    thinker t h e r
    • Alhazen
    tha
    (European Middle Ages)
    • Second Ptolemy
    (Arab scholars)
    • Observations - light
    entering dark room

    MANUSCRIPTS & PUBLISHED MATERIALS

    • Kitab fi al-Manazir
    LIFE HISTORY • The Light of the Moon
    • Educated in Basra and Baghdad • The Light of the Stars
    • One of earliest scientists • The Rainbow and the Halo
    • The first to explain vision occurs
    when light reflects from object
    • Invited to Egypt to help build a
    dam on the Nile
    • He sought experimental proof of
    his theories and ideas
    • Grew up at a time when schools
    and libraries flourished.
    GROUP 6
    HABIB MUHAMMAD
    MOHAMAD FARIS
    NURUL ABIDAH
    NUR NAZURAH
    NURUL JANNAHTUL ZAATARRIYAH

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