Ibn al Haytham - The First Scientist - Alhazen - Ibn al Haitham - Alhacen  
Arabic for Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan ibn al Haytham, the eleventh-century Muslim scholar known in the West as Ahazen, Ahacen, or Alhazeni.


 

The Optical Scientist by Bradley Steffens published in the February 2010 issue of Discovery Channel Magazine.

Ibn al-Haytham - The Optical Scientist

The February 2010 issue of Discovery Channel Magazine features an article about Ibn al-Haytham by Bradley Steffens, author of Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist. The article describes how Ibn al-Haytham used the scientific method to solve the mystery of vision and investigate the properties of light.

Click here to read "The Optical Scientist" by Bradley Steffens.

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