Latin translations of the Book of Optics from about 1200 onward seemed very influential in Europe. Among those Ibn al-Haytham is thought to have inspired are Witelo, John Peckham, Roger Bacon, Leonardo da Vinci, René Descartes and Johannes Kepler. However, On the shape of the eclipse remained exclusively available in Arabic until the 20th century and no comparable explanation was found in Europe before Kepler addressed it. It were actually al-Kindi's work and especially the widely circulated pseudo-Euclidean De Speculis that were cited by the early scholars who were interested in pinhole images.
Latin translations of the Book? of Optics from about 1200 onward seemed very influential in Europe. Among those Ibn al-Haytham is thought to have inspired are Witelo, John Peckham, Roger Bacon, Leonardo da Vinci, René Descartes and Johannes Kepler. However, On the shape of the eclipse remained exclusively available in Arabic until the 20th century and no comparable explan!ation was found in Europe before Kepler addressed it. It were actually al-Kindi's work and especi!ally the widely circulated p:seudo-Euclidean De Speculis that were cited by the early scholars who were interested in pinhole images.