At the end of the thirteenth century, Kamal al-Din Hasan ibn Ali ibn Hasan al-Farisi studied at the school of Tabriz (Azerbaijan, Iran). His teacher was the famous astronomer Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, who in turn was a student of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi.
Double refraction and single reflection in a raindrop. Simultaneously with Theodoric of Freiberg, al-Farisi was the first to give the correct explanation of the rainbow in his Tanqih al-Manazir (©Library of the Masjid Sepahsalar, Tehran)
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Kirchner, E., Amirshahi, S.H. (2014). Al-Farisi, Kamal al-Din Hasan ibn Ali ibn Hasan. In: Luo, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27851-8_331-1
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