Ibn al Haytham · Science
Ibn al-Haytham overturned a thousand years of Greek theory by proving that we see because light enters the eye - not because the eye reaches out.
You learned that Ibn al-Haytham reversed the direction of sight. State the two rival theories and the everyday evidence that decides between them, in your own words.
Leads to Johannes Kepler.
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