Artistic impression of Ibn al-Haytham

A modern artist’s impression of Ibn al-Haytham: The Man Who Discovered How We See, by Ali Amro.

Born in Basra, Iraq, around the year 965, Al-Hasan Ibn al-Haytham, Latinised as Alhazen or Alhasen, was a pioneering scientific thinker who, from his observation of light entering a dark room, made major breakthroughs in understanding light and vision.

He set new standards in experimental science and completed his influential 'Book of Optics' sometime around 1027.