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Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham (Latinized as Alhazen; / æ l ˈ h æ z ən /; full name Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham أبو علي، الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; c. 965 – c. 1040) was a medieval mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of the Islamic Golden Age from present-day Iraq.
Ibn al-Haytham (965–1040) (Alhazen), founder of experimental psychology, psychophysics, phenomenology and visual perception [13] Al-Biruni (973–1050), pioneer of reaction time [ 14 ] Avicenna (980–1037) (Ibn Sīnā), pioneer of neuropsychiatry , [ 15 ] thought experiment , self-awareness and self-consciousness [ 16 ]
Medieval Arab scholar Ibn al-Haytham, often known in the West as Alhazen or Alhacen (965– c. 1040 AD). Pages in category "Ibn al-Haytham" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Haytham, Haitham or Haitem (Arabic: هيثم) male given name meaning "hawk". It is highly popular among Middle Eastern communities. Notable people with this name include: Ibn al-Haytham (965-1040), Mesopotamian Muslim polymath; Haytham I, Shirvanshah (r. 861-?) Haytham II, Shirvanshah; Haitham Ahmed Zaki (born 1984), Egyptian actor
In the Middle East, Hasan Ibn al-Haytham, Latinized as Alhazen (c. 965 – c. 1040 AD) derived a formula for the sum of fourth powers. He used the results to carry out what would now be called an integration , where the formulas for the sums of integral squares and fourth powers allowed him to calculate the volume of a paraboloid . [ 11 ]
His legacy was elaborated through the 'reforming' of his Optics by Kamal al-Din al-Farisi (d. c. 1320) in the latter's Kitab Tanqih al-Manazir (The Revision of [Ibn al-Haytham's] Optics). [31] [32] Alhazen viewed his scientific studies as a search for truth: "Truth is sought for its own sake. And those who are engaged upon the quest for ...
A diagram depicting Ibn al-Haytham's observations of light's behaviour through a pinhole Ibn al-Haytham (965–1039), an Arab physicist also known as Alhazen, described the camera obscura effect. Over the centuries others started to experiment with it, mainly in dark rooms with a small opening in shutters, mostly to study the nature of light ...
Al-Haytham ibn 'Adi (734 - 822) was an Islamic historian and scholar, recognized for his systematic organization of historical narratives (akhbar). His methodologies and classifications had a significant impact on the field of Islamic historiography, influencing later historians such as al-Tabari and al-Baladhuri .