Ptolemy's contributions to the geometry of binocular vision

Perception

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1189-1201

  Howard, Ian P ^a   Wade, Nicholas J ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; EGYPT; HISTORY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; OPTICS;

EGYPT; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; OPTICS; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 0030339554     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p251189     Document Type: Article

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