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Alhazen
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Alhazen
(; ), also known by the
Latinization
Alhazen
or
Alhacen
, was an
Arab
scientist
,
mathematician
,
astronomer
, and
philosopher
. Ibn al-Ḥaytham made significant contributions to the principles of
optics
,
astronomy
,
mathematics
,
meteorology
,
visual perception
and the
scientific method
. He spent most of his life close to the court of the
Fatimid Caliphate
in
Cairo
and earned his living authoring various treatises and tutoring members of the nobilities.
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