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Theories of Vision from Al-Kindi to Kepler

Theories of Vision from Al-Kindi to Kepler Paperback - 1996

by Lindberg, David C

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Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1996. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 9" X 6". xii, 324pp. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Creasing and slight lean to spine. Occasional inked underlining to pages. Underlining does not obscure text. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Kepler's successful solution to the problem of vision early in the seventeenth century was a theoretical triumph as significant as many of the more celebrated developments of the scientific revolution. Yet the full import of Kepler's arguments can be grasped only when they are viewed against the background of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance visual theory. David C. Lindberg provides this background, and in doing so he fills the gap in historical scholarship and constructs a model for tracing the development of scientific ideas. David C. Lindberg is professor and chairman of the department of the history of science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.(Publisher).
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  • Title Theories of Vision from Al-Kindi to Kepler
  • Author Lindberg, David C
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 331
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher The University of Chicago Press, Chicago
  • Date 1996
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 14846
  • ISBN 9780226482354 / 0226482359
  • Weight 1.02 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.36 x 5.81 x 0.72 in (23.77 x 14.76 x 1.83 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 75019504
  • Dewey Decimal Code 612.84

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Kepler's successful solution to the problem of vision early in the seventeenth century was a theoretical triumph as significant as many of the more celebrated developments of the scientific revolution. Yet the full import of Kepler's arguments can be grasped only when they are viewed against the background of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance visual theory. David C. Lindberg provides this background, and in doing so he fills the gap in historical scholarship and constructs a model for tracing the development of scientific ideas.

David C. Lindberg is professor and chairman of the department of the history of science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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David C. Lindberg is Hilldale Professor of History of Science at the University of Wisconsin and past-president of the History of Science Society. His other books include The Beginnings of Western Science, published by the University of Chicago Press.

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