ABU ALI HASAN IBN AL-HAITHAM (ALHAZEN) (965 - 1040 AD) This is the man we have to thank for modern optics. He not only invented the scientific method of testing, but among his many accomplishments, determined how light rays focus at a point. Here is one reference: http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~jeff/115a/history/alhazen.html
_________________________________________________ Chris Pelkie - 607-254-1108 - [email protected] Research Analyst - Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Nutter Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 12:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: re:[cayugabirds-l] Buff-breasted Sandpipers, Knox-Marsellus, Montezuma [crp] [clipped] But more than anything I give thanks every day to the folks who figured out optics enough for people like me to be able to see everyday objects clearly as we pass age 35. Let's hear it for spectacles and their inventors, prescribers, and makers! --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
