Kamal al-Din al-Farisi's Tanqih al-Manazir
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Kamal al-Din al-Farisi's Tanqih al-Manazir is a seminal medieval treatise on optics that critically revises and expands Ibn al-Haytham’s work, offering influential explanations of vision, refraction, and phenomena such as the rainbow.
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| instanceOf |
medieval scientific treatise
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optics treatise ⓘ |
| aim |
critical revision of Ibn al-Haytham’s optics
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expansion of Ibn al-Haytham’s optical theories ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kamal al-Din al-Farisi’s studies on the rainbow ⓘ |
| author | Kamal al-Din al-Farisi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Kitab al-Manazir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contribution | systematic explanation of the rainbow using refraction and reflection in raindrops ⓘ |
| critiques | aspects of Ibn al-Haytham’s theory of vision ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Islamic scientific tradition ⓘ |
| discusses |
atmospheric optical phenomena
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formation of images in the eye ⓘ geometrical optics ⓘ physiological aspects of vision ⓘ rainbow formation ⓘ reflection of light ⓘ refraction of light ⓘ structure of the eye ⓘ visual perception ⓘ |
| extends |
Ibn al-Haytham’s analysis of refraction
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Ibn al-Haytham’s treatment of atmospheric optics ⓘ |
| field |
optics
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physics ⓘ |
| genre |
scholarly revision
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scientific commentary ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important source for later optical theories
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major work in the history of Islamic optics ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Islamic scholars of optics
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medieval discussions of the rainbow ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Ibn al-Haytham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intellectualTradition | Islamic Golden Age science ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
optics
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rainbow ⓘ refraction of light ⓘ theory of vision ⓘ |
| methodology |
experimental observation in optics
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mathematical analysis of optical problems ⓘ |
| region | Persian scholarly milieu ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Ibn al-Haytham’s Kitab al-Manazir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlyReception | recognized as a seminal medieval treatise on optics ⓘ |
| temporalContext | medieval Islamic period ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Revision of the Optics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
geometrical analysis of light rays
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laws of reflection ⓘ qualitative laws of refraction ⓘ |
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