by David C. Lindberg
University of Chicago Press, 1981
Paper: 978-0-226-48235-4 | Cloth: 978-0-226-48234-7
Library of Congress Classification QP475.L66
Dewey Decimal Classification 612.84

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Kepler's successful solution to the problem of vision early in the seventeenth century was a theoretical triumph as significant as many of the more celebrated developments of the scientific revolution. Yet the full import of Kepler's arguments can be grasped only when they are viewed against the background of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance visual theory. David C. Lindberg provides this background, and in doing so he fills the gap in historical scholarship and constructs a model for tracing the development of scientific ideas.

David C. Lindberg is professor and chairman of the department of the history of science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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