Catching the Light: The Entwined History of Light and Mind - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195095753ISBN-10:195095758UPC:9780195095753Book Category:Science, Body, Mind & SpiritBook Subcategory:PhysicsBook Topic:Optics & LightSize:8.00 x 5.37 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7297Product ID:SCDZ0Q4WSZ
Catching the Light: The Entwined History of Light and Mind
In 1910, the surgeons Moreau and LePrince wrote about their successful operation on an eight-year-old boy who had been blind since birth because of cataracts. When the boy's eyes were healed they removed the bandages and, waving a hand in front of the child's physically perfect eyes, asked him what he saw. "I don't know," was his only reply. What he saw was only a varying brightness in front of...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195095753ISBN-10:195095758UPC:9780195095753Book Category:Science, Body, Mind & SpiritBook Subcategory:PhysicsBook Topic:Optics & LightSize:8.00 x 5.37 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7297Product ID:SCDZ0Q4WSZ
Arthur Zajonc is Professor of Physics at Amherst College and a fellow of both the Lindisfarne Association and the Fetzer Institute.
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