optics was first figured out by a Muslim? Al Hazzen in the 10th century. He was thrown into prison becuz he didn't or couldn't figure out a way to stop the Nile flooding. The Calif (Kalif) at the time was pissed off and thru him in the slammer; where he figured out that light travels in rays to our eyes.
2006-07-23 04:50:44 · 12 answers · asked by meta-morph-in-oz 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
apparently the Calif at the time couldn't stand not being able to control everything, so he got ahold of Al Hazzen and roped him into the attempt to stop the flooding of the Nile. Al Hazzen fained maddness but to no avail, and was thrown in gaol.
Was ok tho, becuz, when the Calif died he was freed and wrote down the optics stuff he figured out.
2006-07-23 05:10:05 · update #1
He did contribute to the field, but he was not alone or first:
Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus) (85 - 165AD) propounded the geocentric system which prevailed for the next 1400 years. Only one of the five volumes he wrote on optics has survived. He dealt with refraction and obtained the small angle approximation to Snell’s law, concluding that the ratio of the angles of incident and refracted light were constant.. He also discussed the refraction of starlight by the atmosphere...
2006-07-23 04:57:00 · answer #1 · answered by Rjmail 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Phoenicians cooking on sand discovered glass around 3500 BCE, this is probably a *urban legend* serious historians is convinced that it was Egyptians that inventet the process and used it commercially first, but that the Phoenicians took and refined the process and spread it around, but it took about 5,000 years more for glass to be shaped into a lens for the first telescope. A spectacle maker probably assembled the first telescope. Hans Lippershey (c1570-c1619) of Holland is often credited with the invention, but he almost certainly was not the first to make one. Lippershey was, however, the first to make the new device widely known"
What's optics got to do with stopping flooding of the Nile?
2006-07-23 04:57:28 · answer #2 · answered by Part Time Cynic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting; you know the Romans believed light came out of their eyes, and thats how they saw everything... sounds like optics too, only a little earlier. Not to mention, I'm sure pre-historic people were thinking about such things too.
2006-07-23 05:03:37 · answer #3 · answered by The Witten 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a bit of a stretch. After all, most things are not discovered all at once, but in little bits and pieces by all types of people. But if it makes you feel good, revel in it. Embrace it. Allow it to make you a better person also.
2006-07-23 04:56:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's amazing what you can think up when you have all that time on your hands. I hope the Calif eventually forgave him.
2006-07-23 04:54:53 · answer #5 · answered by Nosy Parker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i know. thats true
and did u know that the 1st who discoverd the blood circulation is a muslim? hes called Ebn Elnafees but ofcourse westerns dont wanna admit this
2006-07-23 05:07:59 · answer #6 · answered by kuky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Schrodinger would've kicked that Calif's *** all the way back to mesopotamia.
2006-07-23 04:53:33 · answer #7 · answered by craftman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at that time and place in human history muslims had wonderful advances in science, and paid the price
2006-07-23 04:55:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
can i have the 10 points?
2006-07-23 04:55:12 · answer #9 · answered by Ryan E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they actually did something useful after the 7th century?
2006-07-23 04:54:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋