Ibn al-Haytham – Medieval Islamic science

By |2019-09-15T21:13:57-07:00July 27th, 2017|Islam, Science|Comments Off on Ibn al-Haytham – Medieval Islamic science

Diagram of an eye, by Ibn al-Haytham (ca. 1000 AD) Who was ibn al-Haytham? Ibn al-Haytham was born about 965 AD in Basra, near the Persian Gulf (modern Iraq), and when he grew [...]