== Arv og hæder ==
Alhazen er anerkendt bredt for at have leveret store bidrag og opdagelser inden for optik, talteori, geometri, astronomi og naturfilosofi.<ref>{{cite web|last1=J.|first1=Vernet|title=Ibn al-Hayt̲h̲am|url=http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/ibn-al-haytham-SIM_3195|website=Encyclopaedia of Islam|language=en}}"Abu ʿAlī al-Ḥasan b. al-Ḥasan b. al-Hayt̲h̲am al-Baṣrī al-Miṣrī, was identified towards the end of the 19th century with the Alhazen, Avennathan and Avenetan of mediaeval Latin texts. He is one of the principal Arab mathematicians and, without any doubt, the best physicist."</ref><ref name="Simon 2006">{{harvnb|Simon|2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Optics – Encyclopaedia Iranica|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/optics|website=www.iranicaonline.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ibn al-Haytham {{!}} Arab astronomer and mathematician|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ibn-al-Haytham|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Esposito|first1=John L.|title=The Oxford History of Islam|date=2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=192}}: "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."</ref><ref name="Vernet 1996 788">For the description of his main fields, see e.g. {{harvnb|Vernet|1996|p=788}} ("He is one of the principal Arab mathematicians and, without any doubt, the best physicist.") {{Harvnb|Sabra|2008}}, {{Harvnb|Kalin|Ayduz|Dagli|2009|p=}} ("Ibn al-Ḥaytam was an eminent eleventh-century Arab optician, geometer, arithmetician, algebraist, astronomer, and engineer."), {{Harvnb|Dallal|1999|p=}} ("Ibn al-Haytham (d.&nbsp;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.")</ref> Alhazans værk om optik bliver krediteret for at have lagt vægt på betydningen af at eksperimentere.
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