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al-haytham

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Noun

an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040)

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Alhazen Alhacen al-Haytham Ibn al-Haytham Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham

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al-hasan ibn al-haytham al-haytham ibn al-haytham
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al-haytham al-hasan ibn al-haytham ibn al-haytham

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