Associations to the word «Alhazen»
Noun
- Optic
- Optics
- Ptolemy
- Aristotle
- Hasan
- Mathematician
- Bacon
- Descartes
- Caliph
- Treatise
- Abu
- Contradiction
- Geometry
- Astronomer
- Physicist
- Al
- Lens
- Astronomy
- Arab
- Perception
- Mirror
- Crater
- Scientist
- Roger
- Ca
- Physic
- Experiment
- Illusion
- Vision
- Reflection
- Philosopher
- Camera
- Formula
- Explanation
- Physics
- Perspective
- Theory
- Sum
- Translation
- Iraq
- Egypt
- Problem
- Method
- Phenomenon
- Moon
- Century
- Motion
- Philosophy
- Work
- Extension
- Scholar
- Book
- Observation
- Image
- Influence
- Object
- Ray
- Light
- Doubt
- Tradition
- Ad
- Writing
- Science
- Founder
- Surface
Adjective
Dictionary definition
ALHAZEN, 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).
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.