Theories of Vision from Al-kindi to Kepler

by David C. Lindberg

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:B000OPS4RC

ISBN13:9780226482354

Release Date:April 1996

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:331 Pages

Weight:0.94 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.8" x 9.4"

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