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| Author | : Nicholas J. Wade |
| File Size | : 53,8 Mb |
| Publisher | : MIT Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 31 January 2000 |
| ISBN | : 0262731290 |
| Pages | : 492 pages |
This illustrated survey covers what Nicholas Wade calls the "observational era of vision," beginning with the Greek philosophers and ending with Wheatstone's description of the stereoscope in the late 1830s.
This illustrated survey covers what Nicholas Wade calls the "observational era of vision," beginning with the Greek philosophers and ending with Wheatstone's description of the stereoscope in the late 1830s.
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