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Abu Ali Hassan Ibn al-Haitham

LIFE :

Place of birth : Basra

Year of birth : 96 A.!.

Year of death : "#$# A.!.

FIEL!% :

i. &edicine

ii. Astronom'

iii. &athematicsi(. Ph'sics

A)HIE*E&E+,% :

i. !escribed nature of li-ht

ii. !escribed the .henomenon of (ision

iii. First to elaborate / la0s of reflection of li-ht

i(. First to declare that li-ht is the form of ener-'(. !isco(ered ma-nif'in-lasses(i 1.ined that 2etina is res.onsible for (ision(ii. Identified -ra(it' as a force(iii. !isco(ered the la0s of refraction

3124% :

i. 5 4itab al-&ana6ir 5 --- 1.tics

ii. 5 &i6an al-Hi7mah 5 --- !ensit' of atmos.here