The First Camera

Who is credited with inventing the pinhole camera in the early 11th century?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Ibn al-Haytham

• Thomas Edison

• Marie Curie

What is another name for Ibn al-Haytham, who is known for inventing the pinhole camera?

• Aristotle

• Archimedes

• Alhazen

• Albert Einstein

True or False: Ibn al-Haytham is considered by many to be the world's first scientist.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What did Ibn al-Haytham invent that is considered an early version of the modern digital camera?

• Polaroid camera

• Pinhole camera

• Camera obscura

• Video camera

In what century did Ibn al-Haytham make notes about a camera obscura that used a lens to focus light inside a dark box?

• 19th century

• 17th century

• 11th century

• 16th century