Ibn al-Haytham, First Scientist
An episode of the Stuff You Missed in History Class podcast, hosted by iHeartPodcasts, titled "Ibn al-Haytham, First Scientist" was published on December 7, 2020 and runs 29 minutes.
December 7, 2020 ·29m · Stuff You Missed in History Class
Episode Description
Ibn al-Haytham made massive contributions to the world’s understanding of light and vision through experiments that he did during a prolonged house arrest in the early 11th century. He also wrote about medicine, philosophy, astronomy, math and ethics.
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