Ibn al-Haytham, in Latin Alhazen, who lived ca. 354. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
Alhazen, Opticae thesaurus libri septem, trans. from the. From Wordnik.com. [OPTICS AND VISION] Reference
“Alhazen,” for in those days little was known except through the Arabs. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
The author of the best medieval work on optics, which influenced Witelo and Kepler, Alhazen was also. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
The emphasis upon the crystalline nature of the spheres by Alhazen was precisely a statement of this belief. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
The work was in substance actually a paraphrase of the works of Alhazen, even though his name was not mentioned. From Wordnik.com. [OPTICS AND VISION] Reference
In the West, though, they were better known by their Latin names, such as Alkindus, Alhazen, Averroes and Avicenna. From Wordnik.com. [Medieval Sciences in the Islamic World] Reference
However, Alhazen did not limit himself to advancing new arguments in order to demolish a theory which many had already criticized. From Wordnik.com. [OPTICS AND VISION] Reference
Written for young adults, it is the world's first full biography of the eleventh-century Muslim scholar known in the West as Alhazen or Alhacen. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts: The Age of Intelligent Cameras] Reference
This was the part of his work on which Bacon most prided himself, and in it, we may add, he seems to owe most to the Arab writers Kindi and Alhazen. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Northrop and the positivists and the analysts reveals in retrospect the significance of the realism imparted to mathematical physics by Alhazen and certain other. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
The diagram will make the method of Alhazen clear. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science] Reference
The original investigations of Alhazen had to do largely with optics. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science] Reference
The angle of incidence is understood as defined by Alhazen and Vitellio. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas Hariot]
Muslims had access to Greek optical theory, which is why Alhazen could achieve what he did. From Wordnik.com. [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference
Alhazen, Biruni and Al-Farisi, forget Persian cuisine and its perfumes and, above all, forget. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews] Reference
In the field of physical science one of the most important of the Arabian scientists was Alhazen. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science] Reference
The determinations of the densities of bodies, as given by Alhazen, approach very closely to our own. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of science, V. 1-2] Reference
We have seen that Ptolemy in the Alexandrian time, and Alhazen, the Arab, made studies of refraction. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science] Reference
Alhazen discovered atmospheric refraction, and showed that we see the sun and the moon after they have set. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of science, V. 1-2] Reference
The course of investigation, as regards light, was resumed in 1100 by an Arabian philosopher named Alhazen. From Wordnik.com. [Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873] Reference
Like the measurements of Aristarchus and Eratosthenes, this calculation of Alhazen is simple enough in theory. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science] Reference
Avicenna, or Ibn Sina (980-1037), the astronomer Alhazen (eleventh century), and Algazel, or Gazali (1059-1111). From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference
According to the calculation of Alhazen, this h, or the height of the atmosphere, represents from twenty to thirty miles. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science] Reference
As regards the refraction of light, the course of real inquiry was resumed in 1100 by an Arabian philosopher named Alhazen. From Wordnik.com. [Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873] Reference
Abdulraouf (the controversial unfairly defamed Imam), Sufis, Amro Khaled, Alhazen, and many other scientists and moderates in the past and the present. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
Alhazen must have been aware of this latter fact, since it was known to the later Alexandrian astronomers, but he takes no account of it in the present measurement. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science] Reference
Nevertheless, just like you cannot write a history of optics without mentioning Alhazen, you cannot properly write a history of algebra without mentioning al-Khwarizmi. From Wordnik.com. [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference
Alhazen carried forward these studies, and was led through them to make the first recorded scientific estimate of the phenomena of twilight and of the height of the atmosphere. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science] Reference
'founder' of the scientific method, had read Alhazen in a Latin translation. From Wordnik.com. [Dissident Voice] Reference
Alhazen realized that the sun or some other source emits light before it’s reflected off objects and into the eye. From Wordnik.com. [Intelligent Design offers biblical alternative to Darwinian evolution, Dembski says - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The most prominent physicist of the Middle Ages was Alhazen (Arabic name: Abu-‘Ali Al-Hasan ibn Al-Haytham), born in Basra (Iraq) about A.D. From Wordnik.com. [Intelligent Design offers biblical alternative to Darwinian evolution, Dembski says - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Alhazen. From Wordnik.com. [OPTICS AND VISION] Reference
Or Alhazen. From Wordnik.com. [Bloggers.Pakistan] Reference
Alhazen perspectiva, &c. pergameno, 4º. From Wordnik.com. [The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts] Reference
Alhazen, his inquiry respecting light, 14, 207. From Wordnik.com. [Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873] Reference
And, besides, it is the subject of the perspectives, of which Alhazen the Arabian, Vitellio, Roger Bacon, Baptista Porta, Guidus Ubaldus. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
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