Theories of vision from Al-Kindi to Kepler.
- xii, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- University of Chicago history of science and medicine .
- Chicago history of science and medicine. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-309) and index.
Preface -- The Background: Ancient Theories of Vision -- Al Kindi's Critique of Euclid's Theory of Vision -- Galenists and Aristotelians in Islam -- Alhazen and the New Intromission Theory of Vision -- The Origins of Optics in the West -- The Optical Synthesis of the Thirteenth Century -- Visual Theory in the Later Middle Ages -- Artists and Anatomists of the Renaissance -- Johannes Kepler and the Theory of the Retinal Image -- Appendix: The Translation of Optical Works from Greek and Arabic into Latin -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.