Ibn al-Haytham
c. 965–1040 CEالحسن بن الهيثمPioneer of optics and the experimental method
- Field
- Physics & optics · Mathematics
- City
- Cairo
His Book of Optics showed that vision results from light entering the eye and relied on controlled experiments to test theories.
Often called a pioneer of the scientific method; his optics influenced European science for centuries.
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