Ibn al-Haytham's 11th-century Book of Optics, which was published exactly 1000 years ago, is often cited alongside Newton's Principia as one of the most influential books in physics. Yet very ...

Article Title. The Optics of Ibn al-Haytham, Books IV–V: On Reflection and Images Seen by Reflection, translated from the Arabic by Abdelhamid I. Sabra and prepared for publication by Jan P ...

In his book ‘Meezan Al-Hikmah’, Ibn Al-Haytham has discussed the density of the atmosphere and developed a relation between it and the elevation. He also studied atmospheric refraction. He discovered ...

Ibn Al-Haytham’s scientific skepticism should be emulated across the Arab World. Mohammed Yahia The Book of Optics is Ibn Al-Haytham seven-volume treatise on optics The UN has called 2015 the ...

The global campaign titled ‘1001 Inventions and the World of Ibn Al-Haytham’ was attended by 2,000 guests from Nobel laureates, international dignitaries, leading scientists and representatives from ...

The first in a series exploring Cairo's medieval history as a vital global centre of science and learning traces the life of pioneering physicist Ibn Al-Haytham FR AR Friday, 21 February 2025 ...

“Dated 708 AH [AD 1309] and penned in Persia, this manuscript is of exceptional historical importance,” he explains, adding that it draws upon the work of Ibn al-Haytham and the earlier Greek ...

The Muhammad Bin Hamad Al-Thani Centre for Muslim Contribution to Civilisation at Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS), a college of Hamad Bin Khalifa University, organised a symposium titled ...