SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub We’re on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ 500 years before the Scientific Revolution, the mathematician Al-Hassan Ibn al-Haytham spent hours in a dark room studying the light that filtered in. Not only did he revolutionize how we literally see the world, he pioneered the scientific method that is now the backbone of modern science. Sources: https://sites.google.com/view/sci-method-sources/home 0:00 Introduction 0:41 What is a camera obscura? 1:48 The mathematician who tried to dam the Nile 3:08 The origin of optics 3:56 Ancient ways of knowing 6:39 The birth of modern science 7:38 From hypothesis to experiment 8:44 How al-Haytham changed science history 10:13 Conclusion 11:40 Extras! ----------- High fives to all our Brain Trust Patrons: paul andre bouis Mark Littlehale Ali Freiburger Mehdi Damou Barbora Bei Burt Humburg Roy Lasris dani bowman David Johnston Salih Arslan Baerbel Winkler Robert Young Eric Meer Dustin Karen Haskell Join us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart Twitter http://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram http://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart Merch null Facebook https://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/