Ibn al-Haytham

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosopher
scientist
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:University_of_Cairo
gptkb:Alhazen
Islamic Golden Age
gptkbp:birthYear 965
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:Basra
gptkbp:contribution the scientific method
geometric optics
optical instruments
theory of vision
pioneering experimental science
gptkbp:deathYear 1040
gptkbp:field physics
mathematics
optics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ibn al-Haytham
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Johannes_Kepler
gptkb:Max_Planck
gptkb:Hermann_von_Helmholtz
gptkb:Roger_Bacon
gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkb:Thomas_Young
gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkb:David_Hume
gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkb:Francis_Bacon
gptkb:Galileo_Galilei
Leonardo da Vinci
Niels Bohr
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ptolemy
Aristotle
gptkbp:knownFor optics
scientific method
scientific methodology
reflection and refraction
optical experiments
camera obscura
pinhole camera
light and color theory
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:legacy father of optics
father of experimental physics
influence_on_Renaissance_science
gptkbp:nationality Arab
Iraqi
gptkbp:wrote Book of Shadows
Book of Optics
Book of Healing
Book of the Balance
Book of the Light