alhazen

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)

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• Synonyms: 
  Alhazen , Alhacen , al-Haytham , Ibn al-Haytham , Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham