Ibn al-Haytham : the man who discovered how we see / by Libby Romero.
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TextSeries: National Geographic kids | National Geographic kids readers. Level 3. Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resource (48 pages) : color illustrations, color mapContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781426325007
- 1426325002
- 9781426325014
- 1426325010
- Alhazen, 965-1039 -- Juvenile literature
- Alhazen, 965-1039
- Alhazen, 965-1039
- Scientists -- Iraq -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Physiological optics -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Optics -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Scientists -- Iraq -- Biography
- Physiological optics -- History
- Optics -- History
- Optics
- Physiological optics
- Scientists
- Iraq
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Reader - Intermediate
- 509.2 B 23
- Q143.A46 R66 2016eb
OSLIS\Gale Nat Geo eBooks(2/2/23).
Includes index.
Who was Ibn al-Haytham? -- Growing up in the golden age -- In his time -- Trouble in Egypt -- A dazzling discovery -- The dark room -- Vision and light -- 6 cool facts about Ibn al-Haytham -- Other new ideas -- A lasting legacy.
Profiles the life and work of a devout Muslim who was the first to hypothesize that vision occurs when light beams travel through the lens of a human eye.
During the golden age of science, knowledge, and invention in Muslim civilization, Ibn al-Haytham discovered how we see. His discoveries set the stage for the methods we now know as the scientific process.
Ages 6-9.
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