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)
• Syn:
Alhazen, Alhacen, Ibn al-Haytham, Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham
• Instance Hypernyms:
mathematician, physicist, astronomer, uranologist, stargazer