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Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham

DEFINITIONS OF: Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham

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n 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)

Synonyms:
Alhacen, Alhazen, Ibn al-Haytham, al-Haytham
Example of:
astronomer, stargazer, uranologist
a physicist who studies astronomy
mathematician
a person skilled in mathematics
physicist
a scientist trained in physics
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