Libby Romero - National Geographic Readers: Ibn al-Haytham: The Man Who Discovered How We See

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Trade paperback ISBN: 978-1-4263-2500-7
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Manufacturing Manager: Rachel Faulise
Producer, 1001 Inventions: Ahmed Salim
Illustrator, 1001 Inventions: Ali Amro

The author and publisher gratefully acknowledge the
expert content review of this book led by Professor
Mohamed El-Gomati, OBE (University of York) and
Professor Salim Al-Hassani (emeritus, University of
Manchester) of the Foundation for Science, Technology
and Civilisation (United Kingdom), and the literacy review
of this book by Mariam Jean Dreher, professor of
reading education (University of Maryland, College Park).

The information in this book is based largely on
research provided by the exhibit 1001 Inventions and
the World of Ibn al-Haytham. The exhibit is a global
campaign produced by 1001 Inventions and the King
Abdulaziz Center for World Culture in partnership with
UNESCO for the International Year of Light 2015. For
further information and resources, visit:
www.ibnalhaytham.com.

1001 Inventions gratefully acknowledges the support of:
Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilisation,
Ms. Namira Salim, Shaikh Hisham bin Abdulaziz Al
Khalifa, Mr. Naveed Anwar, Kuwait Finance House,
Goldfayre Ltd, Almadinah Almunawarah International
Academy, Zuhair Fayez Partnership,
and those supporters who chose to
remain anonymous.

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Al- Hasan Ibn al- Haytham (al- HAS- un IB- un
al- HAY- thum) was an Arab scholar who lived
in the 10th and 11th centuries. He was an
expert in science and math. He made
important discoveries about light and about
the way vision works. He also used a new way
to study science that scientists still use today.

Ibn al- Haytham was one of the great thinkers
of his time. Since then, his ideas have helped
other scientists make new discoveries of their