The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam

2014/01/01 by İbrahim Kalın · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · Physics and Astronomy · #Education and Islamic Studies #Medieval and Classical Philosophy #Historical Astronomy and Related Studies

paper · doi:10.1093/acref:oiso/9780199812578.001.0001

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Abstract

This chapter gives an overview of the study of optics and optical theories in the Islamic intellectual tradition.

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