Ibn al-Haytham The man who discovered how we see

Libby Romero

Book - 2016

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.

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Published
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic [2016]
Language
English
Corporate Author
National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Main Author
Libby Romero (author)
Corporate Author
National Geographic Society (U.S.) (-)
Physical Description
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9781426325014
  • 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.
Review by Horn Book Review

These level-three biographies for "fluent readers" use relatively simple sentence structure and unadorned writing styles to introduce readers to Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor and medieval Arab scholar and scientist Ibn al-Haytham. With various sidebars, text boxes, and visuals (photographs plus static illustrations in Ibn), the presentation is visually cluttered, but the material is solid. A quiz is appended. Glos., ind. [Review covers these National Geographic Readers titles: Sonia Sotomayor and Ibn al-Haytham.] (c) Copyright 2017. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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