Disambiguation evidence for Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) via surface form

"Ibn al-Haytham"


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birthDate c. 965
birthPlace Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED
birthPlace Basra
citizenship Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED
citizenship Fatimid Caliphate NERFINISHED
contributedTo early principles of analytic geometry
contributedTo mathematical analysis of motion
contributedTo the development of the modern scientific method
contributedTo understanding of visual perception
deathDate c. 1040
deathPlace Cairo NERFINISHED
deathPlace Fatimid Caliphate NERFINISHED
developed experimental approach to optics
developed systematic use of hypotheses and tests in science
era Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED
field astronomy
field engineering
field mathematics
field optics
field philosophy of science
field physics
influenced European scholastic optics
influenced Johannes Kepler
influenced Leonardo da Vinci
influenced Roger Bacon
influenced Witelo
influencedBy Euclid
influencedBy Galen NERFINISHED
influencedBy Claudius Ptolemaeus
surface form: Ptolemy
instanceOf Islamic Golden Age scholar
instanceOf astronomer
instanceOf engineer
instanceOf human
instanceOf mathematician
instanceOf optics pioneer
instanceOf philosopher
instanceOf physicist
instanceOf polymath
knownFor Book of Optics
knownFor analysis of camera obscura
knownFor critique of Ptolemaic astronomy
knownFor experimental scientific method
knownFor foundational work in geometrical optics
knownFor studies of reflection and refraction
knownFor theory of vision based on intromission of light
languageOfWork Arabic
name Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham NERFINISHED
name Alhazen NERFINISHED
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notableWork Book of Optics NERFINISHED
notableWork Kitāb al-Manāẓir
notableWork Maqala fi’l-Qarastun (Treatise on the Balance)
notableWork Risala fi’l-Daw’ (Treatise on Light) NERFINISHED
notableWork works on conic sections
occupation scholar
occupation teacher
religion Islam
residence Basra NERFINISHED
residence Cairo NERFINISHED
theory light travels in straight lines
theory refraction causes apparent displacement of celestial bodies near the horizon
theory vision occurs when light rays enter the eye

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