Ptolemy's Theory of Visual Perception by A Mark Smith

Ptolemy's Theory of Visual Perception by A Mark Smith

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Ptolemy's Theory of Visual Perception by A Mark Smith

This is a print on demand Publication. This is a reprint, this is not an original. Contents: Introduction; Ptolemy: A Biographical Sketch; The "Optics": A Biographical Sketch; An Overview of the "Optics"; The Historical Influence of the "Optics"; English Translation; & Bibliography. The English translation of this text is based upon Albert Lejeune's critical Latin text of 1956, which was reprinted in the 1990s along with a French translation & supplementary annotations. Illus.
Smith, A. Mark: - A. Mark Smith is a Curators' Professor of History at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Among his numerous publications is an eight-volume critical Latin edition and English translation of Alhacen's De aspectibus.
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ISBN 13 9780871698629
ISBN 10 0871698625
Title Ptolemy's Theory of Visual Perception
Author A Mark Smith
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher American Philosophical Society Press
Year published 1996-01-01
Number of pages 300
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