Alhazen
Americannoun
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Alhazen had shown how light travels in straight lines, so that vision depends on a cone of straight lines extending outward from the eye to the object.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
The diagram will make the method of Alhazen clear.
From A History of Science — Volume 2 by Henry Smith Williams
In the field of physical science one of the most important of the Arabian scientists was Alhazen.
From A History of Science — Volume 2 by Henry Smith Williams
Vitello’s work is to a very great extent based upon Alhazen and some of the earlier writers, and was first published in 1535.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
There is a little ring between Alhazen and Hansen, never very conspicuous in the telescope, which is plainly traceable in good photographs.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Thomas Gwyn Elger
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