บางครั้งเขียนเป็น Alhacen, Avennathan, Avenetan, เป็นต้น.; the identity of "Alhazen" with Ibn al-Haytham al-Basri "was identified towards the end of the 19th century". (Vernet 1996, p. 788) Vernet, J. (1996) [1960], "Ibn al-Haytham", ใน Gibb, H. A. R.; Bearman, P. (บ.ก.), Encyclopaedia of Islam (First ed.), Leiden: Brill Publishers, ISBN978-9004161214
For the description of his main fields, see e.g. Vernet 1996, p. 788 ("He is one of the principal Arab mathematicians and, without any doubt, the best physicist.") Sabra 2008, Kalin, Ayduz & Dagli 2009 ("Ibn al-Ḥaytam was an eminent eleventh-century Arab optician, geometer, arithmetician, algebraist, astronomer, and engineer."), Dallal 1999 ("Ibn al-Haytham (d. 1039), known in the West as Alhazan, was a leading Arab mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. His optical compendium, Kitab al-Manazir, is the greatest medieval work on optics.") Vernet, J. (1996) [1960], "Ibn al-Haytham", ใน Gibb, H. A. R.; Bearman, P. (บ.ก.), Encyclopaedia of Islam (First ed.), Leiden: Brill Publishers, ISBN978-9004161214Sabra, A. I. (2008) [1970–80], "Ibn Al-Haytham, Abū ʿAlī Al-Ḥasan Ibn Al-Ḥasan", Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons Kalin, Ibrahim; Ayduz, Salim; Dagli, Caner, บ.ก. (2009), "Ibn al-Ḥaytam", The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam, Oxford University Press Dallal, Ahmad S. (1999), "Science, Medicine and Technology", ใน Esposito, John L. (บ.ก.), The Oxford History of Islam, Oxford University Press
Lindberg 1967, p. 331:"Peckham continually bows to the authority of Alhazen, whom he cites as "the Author" or "the Physicist"." Lindberg, David C. (1967), "Alhazen's Theory of Vision and Its Reception in the West", Isis, 58 (3): 321–41, doi:10.1086/350266, PMID4867472, S2CID10792576
For the description of his main fields, see e.g. Vernet 1996, p. 788 ("He is one of the principal Arab mathematicians and, without any doubt, the best physicist.") Sabra 2008, Kalin, Ayduz & Dagli 2009 ("Ibn al-Ḥaytam was an eminent eleventh-century Arab optician, geometer, arithmetician, algebraist, astronomer, and engineer."), Dallal 1999 ("Ibn al-Haytham (d. 1039), known in the West as Alhazan, was a leading Arab mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. His optical compendium, Kitab al-Manazir, is the greatest medieval work on optics.") Vernet, J. (1996) [1960], "Ibn al-Haytham", ใน Gibb, H. A. R.; Bearman, P. (บ.ก.), Encyclopaedia of Islam (First ed.), Leiden: Brill Publishers, ISBN978-9004161214Sabra, A. I. (2008) [1970–80], "Ibn Al-Haytham, Abū ʿAlī Al-Ḥasan Ibn Al-Ḥasan", Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons Kalin, Ibrahim; Ayduz, Salim; Dagli, Caner, บ.ก. (2009), "Ibn al-Ḥaytam", The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam, Oxford University Press Dallal, Ahmad S. (1999), "Science, Medicine and Technology", ใน Esposito, John L. (บ.ก.), The Oxford History of Islam, Oxford University Press
Lindberg 1967, p. 331:"Peckham continually bows to the authority of Alhazen, whom he cites as "the Author" or "the Physicist"." Lindberg, David C. (1967), "Alhazen's Theory of Vision and Its Reception in the West", Isis, 58 (3): 321–41, doi:10.1086/350266, PMID4867472, S2CID10792576
Lindberg 1967, p. 331:"Peckham continually bows to the authority of Alhazen, whom he cites as "the Author" or "the Physicist"." Lindberg, David C. (1967), "Alhazen's Theory of Vision and Its Reception in the West", Isis, 58 (3): 321–41, doi:10.1086/350266, PMID4867472, S2CID10792576
O'Connor & Robertson 1999. O'Connor, J. J.; Robertson, E. F., บ.ก. (November 1999), "Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, Scotland: School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, สืบค้นเมื่อ 20 September 2008
According to Al-Qifti. O'Connor & Robertson 1999. O'Connor, J. J.; Robertson, E. F., บ.ก. (November 1999), "Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, Scotland: School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, สืบค้นเมื่อ 20 September 2008
O'Connor & Robertson 1999 O'Connor, J. J.; Robertson, E. F., บ.ก. (November 1999), "Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, Scotland: School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, สืบค้นเมื่อ 20 September 2008
O'Connor & Robertson 1999 O'Connor, J. J.; Robertson, E. F., บ.ก. (November 1999), "Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, Scotland: School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, สืบค้นเมื่อ 20 September 2008
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Disputed: Corbin 1993, p. 149. Corbin, Henry (1993) [Original French 1964], History of Islamic Philosophy, แปลโดย Sherrard, Liadain; Sherrard, Philip, London: Kegan Paul International in association with Islamic Publications for The Institute of Ismaili Studies, ISBN0-7103-0416-1, OCLC22109949
(Child, Shuter & Taylor 1992, p. 70), (Dessel, Nehrich & Voran 1973, p. 164), Understanding History by John Child, Paul Shuter, David Taylor - Page 70. "Alhazen, a Persian scientist, showed that the eye saw light from other objects. This started optics, the science of light. The Arabs also studied astronomy, the study of the stars. " Child, John; Shuter, Paul; Taylor, David (1992). Understanding history. Oxford: Heinemann Educational. ISBN0435312111. OCLC27338645. Dessel, Norman F.; Nehrich, Richard B.; Voran, Glenn I. (1973). Science and human destiny. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN9780070165809.
Corbin 1993, p. 149. Corbin, Henry (1993) [Original French 1964], History of Islamic Philosophy, แปลโดย Sherrard, Liadain; Sherrard, Philip, London: Kegan Paul International in association with Islamic Publications for The Institute of Ismaili Studies, ISBN0-7103-0416-1, OCLC22109949
