A Pioneer in Anaclastics: Ibn Sahl on Burning Mirrors and Lenses

DOI10.1086/355456zbMath0713.01005OpenAlexW2060195793WikidataQ54165882 ScholiaQ54165882MaRDI QIDQ3197783

Roshdi Rashed

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Isis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1086/355456

zbMATH Keywords

Greek opticsIbn al-Haythamlaw of refractionSnelltheory of lenses

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30) History of optics and electromagnetic theory (78-03) Mathematics in general (00A05) Physics (00A79)

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