Elaheh Kheirandish: Ibn al-Haytham and the works of Islamic Science
Description
In this episode of Houghton75, we speak to Elaheh Kheirandish, Postdoctoral Associate of the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard. For our current exhibition, she has chosen a copy of Alhazen’s Optics in Latin from 1572. She’ll delve into some of Alhazen’s importance to the science of Optics, and his place in the creation and transmission of scientific learning through the Islamic world and to the west. Find out more about the exhibition and Houghton Library’s 75th anniversary celebrations at http://houghton75.org/hist-75h
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Music by دنگ شو Dang Show
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Additional Music Performed by
Mohammad Reza Haeri (setar) and Hormoz Goodarzy (tonbak)
United States
