Article: Alhacen on image-formation and distortion in mirrors; a critical edition, with English translation and commentary, of book 6 of Alhacen's De Aspectibus; 2v.(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: Alhacen on the principles of reflection; a critical ...
SciTech Book News;  December 1, 2007 ;     536 words ...0871699621 Alhacen on the principles of reflection ... commentary, of books 4 and 5 of Alhacen's De Aspectibus; 2v. Smith, A. Mark. Am. Philosophical ... v.96, pts. 2 & 3 QC353 Alhacen's Latin translation differs considerably ...

Article: BOOK FOUR OF ALHACEN'S DE ASPECTIBUS
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...This book is divided into five parts. The first part [constitutes] the book's prologue; the second [is devoted] to showing that the reflection of light occurs from polished bodies; the third [focuses] on how the [visible] form is reflected; the fourth part [is concerned] with showing that the

Article: BOOK FIVE OF ALHACEN'S DE ASPECTIBUS
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...This book is divided into two parts. The first part constitutes the book's prologue; the second [focuses] on images. [CHAPTER 1] The first part [1.1] It is clear from the fourth book that the forms of visible objects are reflected from polished bodies, and sight apprehends them in polished bodies

Article: PREFACE
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... to books 4-6 of the De aspectibus is marked by an abrupt ... first three books, Alhacen was at pains to show ... This is not to say that Alhacen was unconcerned with ... clear in book 6, when Alhacen turns his attention ... the entire text of the De aspectibus, almost as much as ...

Article: What is the History of Medieval Optics Really About?1
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... centuries. In particular, Alhacen challenged the central supposition ... posit such visual radiation, Alhacen demanded, when it is perfectly ... Ptolemy's extramissionism, Alhacen set himself the task of reformulating ... into Latin under the title De aspectibus.8 All indications are that ...

Article: INTRODUCTION
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...1. Alhacen's Analysis of Reflection: An Overview ... Since the relevant background to both Alhacen and the De aspectibus has already been given in the preface ... form and content of books 4 and 5. Alhacen's overall intent in these books ...

Article: MANUSCRIPTS AND EDITING
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...In the previous edition of books 1-3 of Alhacen's De aspectibus I provided a detailed account of the available ... by now evident that the textual tradition of Alhacen's De aspectibus is complicated enough to resist a simple, definiti