Handbuch der physiologischen Optik
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Handbuch der physiologischen Optik is a foundational 19th-century treatise on physiological optics that systematically integrated experimental physics and physiology to explain human vision.
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| instanceOf |
book
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scientific treatise → work on physiological optics → |
| approach |
experimental
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theoretical → |
| author |
Hermann von Helmholtz
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| contributedTo |
measurement of visual acuity
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quantitative study of vision → understanding of depth perception → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Germany
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| described |
Helmholtz theory of color vision
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unconscious inference in perception → |
| field |
optics
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physics → physiological optics → physiology → vision science → |
| firstPublicationYear |
1856
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| hasEdition |
second edition
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third edition → |
| historicalSignificance |
systematic integration of physics and physiology in vision research
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| influenced |
modern vision science
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ophthalmology → psychology of perception → |
| influencedBy |
Hermann von Helmholtz’s own experiments
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Johannes Müller → |
| integrates |
experimental physics
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physiology → |
| language |
German
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| laterTranslatedAs |
Treatise on Physiological Optics
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| placeOfPublication |
Leipzig
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| publicationCentury |
19th century
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| publicationPeriod |
1856–1867
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| publisher |
Leopold Voss
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| status |
classic of 19th-century science
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foundational work in physiological optics → |
| subject |
accommodation of the eye
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binocular vision → color vision → human vision → optical properties of the eye → physiology of the eye → visual illusions → visual perception → |
| targetAudience |
ophthalmologists
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physicists → physiologists → scientists → |
| volumeCount |
3
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Handbuch der physiologischen Optik
("Treatise on Physiological Optics")
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Hermann von Helmholtz
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