Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:person
gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:physicist
gptkb:scientist
astronomer
polymath
gptkbp:birthDate c. 965
gptkbp:birthName Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Basra
gptkbp:deathDate c. 1040
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cairo
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:medicine
gptkb:optics
gptkb:philosophy
engineering
physics
psychology
visual perception
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkb:Johannes_Kepler
gptkb:Leonardo_da_Vinci
gptkb:Roger_Bacon
European Renaissance scientists
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Book_of_Optics
mathematical physics
scientific research
pinhole camera
founder of modern optics
studies on vision
work on refraction
analysis of the camera obscura
work on reflection
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Abbasid_Caliphate
gptkbp:notableWork Kitāb al-Manāẓir (Book of Optics)
On the Burning Sphere
On the Configuration of the World
On the Halo and the Rainbow
On the Light of the Moon
On the Nature of Shadows
On the Rainbow and Halo
On the Shape of the Eclipse
Treatise on Place
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:Alhazen
gptkb:Ibn_al-Haytham
Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Al-Basri
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8