A critical edition of Ibn al-Haytham's \textit{On the shape of the eclipse}. The first experimental study of the camera obscura

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-47991-0zbMath1358.01006OpenAlexW2555518565MaRDI QIDQ332232

Dominique Raynaud

Publication date: 27 October 2016

Published in: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47991-0

zbMATH Keywords

geometric opticsal-Haythameclipse of the sun

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30) Collected or selected works; reprintings or translations of classics (01A75) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) History of geometry (51-03)

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