Preserving vision for astronauts
Many astronauts who come back from space experience poorer vision after flight, some even years after, and researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are working to see why. (more…)
Alhazen, father of modern optics
Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham, known in the West asAlhazen, c. 965 – c. 1040 ce, is considered as "the father of optics and describer of vision theory". "He is…