Bücher von Nicholas J. Wade

William Charles Wells (1757-1817) was one of the foremost, and forgotten, American scientists of the eighteenth century. This book reprints his Essay on single vision with two eyes (1792) and his own Memoir of his life (1818). Wells' essay on natural selection is reprinted as an Appendix.

Vision provides a bond that unites psychology and physiology, and it is this bond that was strengthened by Purkinje's enquiries. The authors have tried to provide a context in which Purkinje's descriptions of visual phenomena can be placed. The book wil

William Charles Wells (1757-1817) was one of the foremost, and forgotten, American scientists of the eighteenth century. This book reprints his Essay on single vision with two eyes (1792) and his own Memoir of his life (1818). Wells' essay on natural selection is reprinted as an Appendix.