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who is the father of optics?​

Answer 1

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Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham (Latinized as Alhazen[15] /ælˈhæzən/;[16] full name Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham أبو علي، الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; c. 965 – c. 1040) was an Arab mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of the Islamic Golden Age.[17][18][19][20][21][22] Referred to as "the father of modern optics",[23][24] he made significant contributions to the principles of optics and visual perception in particular. His most influential work is titled Kitāb al-Manāẓir (Arabic: كتاب المناظر, "Book of Optics"), written during 1011–1021, which survived in a Latin edition.[25] A polymath, he also wrote on philosophy, theology and medicine.[26]

Answer 2

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Ibn al-Haitham

Ibn al-Haitham--father of optics and describer of vision theory. Med Arh. 2008;62(3):183-8.

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