Destined for Distinguished Oblivion: The Scientific Vision of William Charles Wells (1757-1817)

Destined for Distinguished Oblivion: The Scientific Vision of William Charles Wells (1757-1817)
ISBN-10
0306473852
ISBN-13
9780306473852
Category
Medical
Pages
310
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Authors
Nicholas J. Wade, Professor of Visual Psychology Nicholas J Wade

Description

William Charles Wells (1757-1817) was one of the foremost, and forgotten, American scientists of the eighteenth century. He should be acknowledged as laying the foundations for modern studies of vestibular function as well as eye movements. 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. Wells' experiments and observations on natural phenomena will surprise students of science because of their modernity.

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