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Al-Farisi, Kamal al-Din Hasan ibn Ali ibn Hasan

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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.

Al-Farisi, Kamal al-Din Hasan ibn Ali ibn Hasan, Fig. 1
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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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  1. Kirchner Publications, Rijksstraatweg 31, 2171 AJ, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Eric Kirchner

  2. AUT Textile Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran Polytechnic, Tehran, Iran

    Seyed Hossein Amirshahi

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Modern, Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Ming Ronnier Luo

  2. School of Design, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Ming Ronnier Luo

  3. Graduate Institute of Colour and Illumination, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Ming Ronnier Luo

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Kirchner, E., Amirshahi, S.H. (2016). Al-Farisi, Kamal al-Din Hasan ibn Ali ibn Hasan. In: Luo, M.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8071-7_331

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