Ptolemy and the Foundations of Ancient Mathematical Optics: A Source Based Guided Study, Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 89, Part 3

By A. Mark Smith

Contents: (I) Ancient Theories of Visual Perception: The Physics of Vision; The Physiology of Vision; The Psychology of Visual Perception; (II) Optics Proper: Analysis of Direct Vision: The Visual Cone; The Visual Perception of Physical Space; Binocular Vision; (III) Catoptrics: Analysis of Vision by Reflected Rays: The Law of Equal Angles; Multiple Reflections and Multiple Images; The Principles of Image-Location; Image-Formation and Distortion; Visual Effecs from Composite Mirrors; (IV) Dioptrics: Analysis of Vision by Deflected Rays: Observation and Explanation of the Phenomenon; Practical Application: The Problem of Atmospheric Refraction; Image-Location as a Function of the Shape of the Refracting Surface; Size-Distortion; (V) Analysis of the Rainbow and of Burning Mirrors; (VI) Conclusion. Illus.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871698935
• ISBN13: 9780871698933
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.8" x 10.0"