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Romero, Libby.
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Alhazen, 965-1039 -- Juvenile literature.
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Physiological optics -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Optics -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Romero, Libby.
Alhazen, 965-1039 -- Juvenile literature.
Scientists -- Iraq -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Physiological optics -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Optics -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Ibn al-Haytham : the man who discovered how we see / Libby Romero.
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Romero, Libby.
National Geographic, c2016.
Call #:
509
.2
A397r
Subjects
Alhazen, 965-1039 -- Juvenile literature.
Scientists -- Iraq -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Physiological optics -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Optics -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Series
National Geographic readers. Level 3.
National geographic kids.
ISBN:
9781426325014 (hbk.)
1426325010 (hbk.)
9781426325007 (pbk.)
1426325002 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Man who discovered how we see
Description:
48 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
At head of title: National Geographic Kids.
"National Geographic Kids."
"Be a Nat Geo Kids Super Reader"--Cover.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
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.
Audience:
Ages 6-9.
Genre:
Beginning readers book.
Biography, Juvenile.
Other authors:
National Geographic Society (U.S.)
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509.2 A397r
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