English noun: Ibn al-Haytham | |||
1. | Ibn al-Haytham (person) 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) | ||
Synonyms | Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham, al-Haytham, Alhacen, Alhazen | ||
Instance hypernym | astronomer, mathematician, physicist, stargazer, uranologist | ||