Alhazen

American  

[al-hay-zuhn] / ælˈheɪ zən /

noun

1. Ibn al-Haytham.

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Alhazen Scientific  

/ ăl-hăz′ən /

1. See Ibn al-Haytham.

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Example Sentences

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

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 A History of Science — Volume 2 by Williams, Henry Smith

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 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

Alhazen made the great discovery of the curvilinear path of a ray of light through the atmosphere, and proved that we see the sun and moon before they have risen, and after they have set.

From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by Draper, John William

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 Williams, Henry Smith