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A Critical Edition of Ibn al-Haytham’s On the Shape of the Eclipse: The First Experimental Study of the Camera Obscura
Dominique Raynaud
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hardcover. The first critical edition with English translation and commentary, this book records the first scientific analysis of the camera obscura, including pioneering research on the conditions of formation of the image, and an early attempt to merge the two branches of Ancient optics, the theories of light and vision. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 305 pages, 74 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; TTBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 804.
This book provides the first critical edition of Ibn al-Haytham’s On the Shape of the Eclipse with English translation and commentary, which records the first scientific analysis of the camera obscura. On the Shape of the Eclipse includes pioneering research on the conditions of formation of the image, in a time deemed to be committed to aniconism. It also provides an early attempt to merge the two branches of Ancient optics—the theory of light and theory of vision.
What perhaps most strongly characterizes this treatise is the close interaction of a geometric analysis of light and experimental reasoning. Ibn al-Haytham conducted his experiments ... Read moreProduct Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Switzerland
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
Series
Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Number of Pages
305
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319479903
SKU
V9783319479903
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About Dominique Raynaud
Dominique Raynaud is a science historian at the Université of Grenoble Alpes, France. He has published extensively in the field, including Optics and the Rise of Perspective. A Study in Network Knowledge Diffusion (Oxford, 2014), Scientific Controversies. A Socio-historical Perspective on the Advancement of Science (New Brunswick, 2015) and Studies on Binocular Vision (Springer, 2016).
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