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Ibn al-Haitham



Abū ‘Alī al-Haṣan ibn al-Haṣan ibn al-Haytham (965–1040) (Arabic: أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم, Latinised: Alhacen or (deprecated) Alhazen), was an Islamic mathematician, astronomer, and physicist, who made significant contributions to the principles of optics and the use of scientific experiments. He is sometimes called al-Basri (Arabic: البصري), after his birthplace Basra, Iraq, then part of Buwayhids dynasty, PersiaHe is considered the father of optics for his writings on and experiments with lenses, mirrors, refraction] and [[Reflection (physics)|reflection.



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