{"product_id":"9783319838748","title":"Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences: The First Experimental Study of the Camera Obscura","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences: The First Experimental Study of the Camera Obscura\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eRaynaud, Dominique\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides the first critical edition of Ibn al-Haytham’s \u003ci\u003eOn the Shape of the Eclipse \u003c\/i\u003ewith English translation and commentary, which records the first scientific analysis of the camera obscura. \u003ci\u003eOn the Shape of the Eclipse\u003c\/i\u003e includes pioneering research on the conditions of formation of the image, in a time deemed to be committed to aniconism. It also provides an early attempt to merge the two branches of Ancient optics—the theory of light and theory of vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\nWhat perhaps most strongly characterizes this treatise\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis the close interaction of a geometric analysis of light and experimental reasoning. Ibn al-Haytham conducted his experiments in a systematic way by varying all that could be changed: the shape and size of the aperture, the focal length of the camera obscura, the distance and shape of the celestial bodies. This way, he achieved a thorough understanding. This work represents a decisive step in both the history of optics and the application of the experimental method that was just as efficient in medieval Islam as today.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2018-04-29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319838748\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-47991-0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 254cm x178cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 305\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44450535080076,"sku":"9783319838748","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319838748.jpg?v=1775739302","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783319838748","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}