A Critical Edition of Ibn al-Haytham's On the Shape of the Eclipse: The First Experimental Study of the Camera Obscura

A Critical Edition of Ibn al-Haytham's On the Shape of the Eclipse: The First Experimental Study of the Camera Obscura

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 ligh...

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1. Verfasser: Raynaud, Dominique
Format: Buch
Sprache:eng
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History of Mathematical Sciences
Mathematics
Mathematics and Statistics
Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:2196-8810
2196-8829
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-47991-0