Kamal al-Din al-Farisi
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Kamal al-Din al-Farisi was a medieval Persian mathematician and physicist best known for his pioneering work in optics, particularly his detailed explanation of the rainbow and refinement of Ibn al-Haytham’s optical theories.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kamal al-Din al-Farisi canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Persian scholar
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mathematician ⓘ optics researcher ⓘ person ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of physical optics
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mathematical methods in optics ⓘ understanding of atmospheric phenomena ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ilkhanate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Maragha observatory
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schools of Tabriz ⓘ |
| era |
Islamic Golden Age (late phase)
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medieval period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | al-Farisi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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mathematics ⓘ optics ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| givenName | Kamal al-Din NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ibn al-Haytham
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Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of primary and secondary rainbows
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detailed explanation of the rainbow ⓘ experimental study of refraction in water droplets ⓘ mathematical treatment of refraction and reflection ⓘ refinement of Ibn al-Haytham’s theory of vision ⓘ use of glass spheres filled with water to model rainbows ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Arabic
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Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
geometrical optics
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mathematical analysis of light ⓘ |
| name | Kamal al-Din al-Farisi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Kitab al-Basair fi ‘Ilm al-Basr
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Tanqih al-Manazir NERFINISHED ⓘ commentary on Ibn al-Haytham’s Kitab al-Manazir ⓘ explanation of the rainbow ⓘ refinement of Ibn al-Haytham’s optical theories ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronomer
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mathematician ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Maragha
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Tabriz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| studentOf | Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
experimental observation
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geometrical analysis ⓘ ray tracing in transparent media ⓘ |
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