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Definition of Alhazen
1. 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).
Generic synonyms: Astronomer, Stargazer, Uranologist, Mathematician, Physicist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alhazen
Literary usage of Alhazen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Histoire Des Sciences Mathématiques Et Physiques by Maximilien Marie (1883)
"... sur les Eléments d'Eu- clide; De la construction et des usages de l'astrolabe;
Addition au second livre d'Archimède sur les centres de gravité. Alhazen ..."
2. Treatises on Light, Colour, Electricity, and Magnetism by Johann Ferdinand Jencken, Henry Diedrich Jencken (1869)
"Who does not know the name of Alhazen,* the chemist, the astronomer ? ...
FOLLOWING the name of Alhazen is that of ROGER BACON (1216), and we place his name ..."
3. A History of the Intellectual Development of Europe by John William Draper (1875)
"... contrasted with that of Arabian Spain. Diffusion of Arabian intellectual
Influences through France and Sicily. —Example of Saracen Science in Alhazen, ..."
4. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe by John William Draper (1899)
"... Saracen Science in Alhazen, and of Philosophy in Algazzali.—Innocent III.
prepares to combat these Influences. ..."
5. Die Geschichte Der Physik in Grundzügen: Mit Synchronistischen Tabellen Der by Ferdinand Rosenberger (1882)
"Hatte man Alhazen- roher angenommen, dass ein Strahl vom Ange nach jedem Punkte des
... Ton Spiegeln behandelt Alhazen den ebenen, zwei sphärische, ..."
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