Alhacens Theory Of Visual Perception

Author : Alhazen
Publisher : American Philosophical Society
ISBN 13 : 9780871699145
Total Pages : 496 pages
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Download or read book Alhacen's Theory of Visual Perception written by Alhazen and published by American Philosophical Society. This book was released on 2001 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometime between 1028 and 1038, Ibn al-Haytham completed his monumental optical synthesis, Kitab al-Manazir ("Book of Optics"). By no later than 1200, and perhaps somewhat earlier, this treatise appeared in Latin under the title De aspectibus. In that form it was attributed to a certain "Alhacen." These differences in title and authorial designation are indicative of the profound differences between the two versions, Arabic and Latin, of the treatise. In many ways, in fact, they can be regarded not simply as different versions of the same work, but as different works in their own right. Accordingly, the Arab author, Ibn al-Haytham, and his Latin incarnation, Alhacen, represent two distinct, sometimes even conflicting, interpretive voices. And the same holds for their respective texts. To complicate matters, "Alhacen" does not represent a single interpretive voice. There were at least two translators at work on the Latin text, one of them adhering faithfully to the Arabic original, the other content with distilling, even paraphrasing, the Arabic original. Consequently, the Latin text presents not one, but at least two faces to the reader. This two-volume critical edition represents fourteen years of work on Dr. Smith's part. Awarded the 2001 J. F. Lewis Award.

Author : Alhazen
Publisher : American Philosophical Society Press
ISBN 13 : 9780871699626
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alhacen on the Principles of Reflection written by Alhazen and published by American Philosophical Society Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set is a continuation of A. Mark Smith's pub. of Ibn al-Haytham's "De aspectibus," the most important treatise on optics of the Middle Ages, indeed, the most important treatise prior to the 17th century. This ed. of Alhacen's text will appeal to those who are interested in medieval scientific developments, but also to others for whom the study of optics, in particular, forms part of the cultural development of the later Middle Ages. The understanding of vision continues to gain importance in the historiography of intellectual life in this period, & Prof. Smith's work will be an important contribution to this scholarship. His translation of the Latin text accurately represents a challenging & technical original. Illustrations.

Author : Alhazen
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Total Pages : 530 pages
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Download or read book Alhacen's Theory of Visual Perception: Introduction and Latin text written by Alhazen and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : al-Ḥasan Ibn-al-Ḥasan Ibn-al-Hai̱tam
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Total Pages : 481 pages
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Download or read book Alhacen's theory of visual perception : a critical edition, with English translation and commentary, of the first three books of Alhacen's De aspectibus, the medieval Latin version of Ibn al-Haytham's Kitāb al-Manāẓir. 1. Introduction and Latin text written by al-Ḥasan Ibn-al-Ḥasan Ibn-al-Hai̱tam and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark A. Smith
Publisher : Amer Philosophical Society
ISBN 13 : 9780871699152
Total Pages : 488 pages
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Download or read book Alhacen's Theory of Visual Perception written by Mark A. Smith and published by Amer Philosophical Society. This book was released on 2001-12 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1028-1038, Ibn al-Haytham completed his monumental optical synthesis, "Kitab al-Manazir." By no later than 1200, this treatise appeared in Latin attributed to Alhacen. These differences in title and authorial designation are indicative of the profound differences between the two versions.

Author : al-Ḥasan Ibn-al-Ḥasan Ibn-al-Hai̱tam
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 337 pages
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Download or read book Alhacen's theory of visual perception : a critical edition, with English translation and commentary, of the first three books of Alhacen's De aspectibus, the medieval Latin version of Ibn al-Haytham's Kitāb al-Manāẓir. 2. English translation written by al-Ḥasan Ibn-al-Ḥasan Ibn-al-Hai̱tam and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : al-Ḥasan Ibn-al-Ḥasan Ibn-al-Haitam
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Total Pages : 337 pages
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Download or read book Alhacen's Theory of visual perception written by al-Ḥasan Ibn-al-Ḥasan Ibn-al-Haitam and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ian E. Gordon
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135424292
Total Pages : 271 pages
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Download or read book Theories of Visual Perception written by Ian E. Gordon and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004-09-30 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear critical account of the major approaches to understanding visual perception. It explains why approaches to theories of visual perception differ so widely and places each theory into its historical and philosophical context.

Author : Terry Caelli
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483189147
Total Pages : 208 pages
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Download or read book Visual Perception: Theory and Practice written by Terry Caelli and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-05-09 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visual Perception: Theory and Practice focuses on the theory and practice of visual perception, with emphasis on technologies used in vision research and in visual information processing. Central areas of vision research including spatial vision, motion perception, and color are discussed. Light and optics, convolutions and Fourier methods, and network theory and systems are also examined. Comprised of nine chapters, this book begins with an overview of language and processes underlying specific areas of vision such as measures of neural activity, feature specificity, and individual cells and psychophysics. The reader is then systematically introduced to the more essential properties of light and optics relevant to visual perception; the use of convolutions, Fourier series, and Fourier transform to model processes in visual perception; and network theory and systems. Subsequent chapters deal with the geometry of visual perception; spatial vision; the perception of motion; and some specific issues in visual perception, including color perception, binocular vision, and steriopsis. This monograph is intended for students, practitioners, and investigators in physiology.

Author : Alhazen
Publisher : American Philosophical Society Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
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Download or read book Alhacen on Refraction: Introduction and Latin text written by Alhazen and published by American Philosophical Society Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alhacen's treatment of light and sight in the "De aspectibus" culminates with the analysis of refraction in book 7. Far briefer than his account of reflection, which occupies three books, Alhacen's study of refraction follows essentially the same pattern of analysis, starting with various experiments designed to establish or confirm the governing principles of refraction empirically and proceeding to the application of those principles to specific cases according to the shape of the refracting surface. In many respects, in fact, reflection and refraction are side of the same coin according to Alhacen. Contents of this two-volume set: (1) Intro.: Alhacen's Analysis of Refraction: An Overview; The Prolemaic Underpinnings of Alhacen's Refraction Analysis; The Fate of Alhacen's Refraction Analysis in the Latin West; Putting Alhacen in His Proper Place; (2) Manuscripts and Editing; (3) Latin Text; (4) English Translation. Glossary and Biblio. Illus.