Which scholar's Book of Optics described a controlled, inductive-experimental method?
ARonald Fisher
BLouis Pasteur
CAntoine Lavoisier
DIbn al-Haytham
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Ibn al-Haytham
1. Ibn al-Haytham carried out controlled experiments in optics.
2. He described this approach in his Book of Optics.
3. Pasteur, Lavoisier and Fisher belong to later centuries.
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