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#optics
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Is a controlled experiment a new source of knowledge, or only perception with discipline?
I have been reading A. I. Sabra's translation of the first books of Ibn al-Haytham's Optics with two of my tutoring students, and it has raised a question I can't settle. The standard lists of sources of knowledge, whether European or Indian,…
Started by Emeka Nwosu0 replies62 views -
What Ibn al-Haytham actually did, and why “father of the scientific method” overstates it
Every few weeks someone sends me a graphic declaring that Ibn al-Haytham invented the scientific method centuries before Bacon. I understand the impulse. The standard Western story did put the origins of experimental practice far too late. But the slogan replaces one…
Started by Layla Haddad5 replies249 views