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The Scientific Vision of William Charles Wells (1757–1817)

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

AvNicholas J. Wade

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William Charles Wells (1757-1817) was one of the foremost, and forgotten, American scientists of the 18th century. He was trained in medicine and conducted experimental studies in vision and vertigo, he proposed a theory of how dew forms, and he speculated on the mechanism of natural selection. Despite the originality of his enquiries in all these areas, Wells' contributions to scientific discovery have been either neglected or ignored. Although he was born in America, Wells was educated in Scotland and practiced medicine for most of his adult life in London. His practice did not thrive, and he had ample time to conduct his experimental enquiries on a variety of natural phenomena. He was acquainted with the leading medical men of the day, and was admired by them. The emergence of experimental studies of vision can be traced to the adoption of Newtonian methods of observation and experiment, and in their application to space perception by Wells (1792). His initial researches were concerned principally with binocular vision, but he also conducted experimental studies of accommodation, acuity, eye movements, and vertigo.With regard to the last, he entered into a debate with Erasmus Darwin concerning the involvement of eye movements in vertigo. Indeed, Wells should be acknowledged as laying the foundations for modern studies of vestibular function as well as eye movements. The book reprints his essay on single vision with two eyes" (1792) and his own memoir of his life (1818).

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Utgivningsdatum2002-12-31
Mått178 x 254 x 24 mm
Vikt816 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieHistory and Philosophy of Psychology
Antal sidor310
Upplaga2003
FörlagSpringer Science+Business Media
ISBN9780306473852

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1. The Scientific Life of Wells.- Scientific Life of Wells.- Theory of Dew.- Theory of Natural Selection.- A Memoir of the Life of William Charles Wells, M.D. Written by Himself.- 2. Visual Science in the Eighteenth Century.- Colour.- Optics and Medicine.- Cheselden’s Case.- Accommodation.- Binocular Vision.- 3. An Essay Upon Single Vision With Two Eyes.- Essay upon Single Vision with Two Eyes.- 4. Wells and Visual Science.- Single Vision with Two Eyes.- Afterimages.- Eye Movements.- Visual Persistence.- Accommodation.- Eyeglasses.- Distinct Vision.- Visible Position and Motion.- 5. Wells and The Origins of Vestibular Research.- Early History of Vertigo.- Wells and Erasmus Darwin: The Vertiginous Philosophers.- Darwin’s device: The Rotative Couch.- Visual Orientation.- Why Was Wells’ Work on Vertigo Overlooked?.- 6. The Scientific Vision of Wells.- Nativism and Empiricism.- Binocular Vision.- Afterimages.- Vertigo.- 7. Scientific Vision After Wells.- Instrumental Origins of Experimental Psychology.- Binocular vision.- Accommodation.- Vestibular Research.- 8. Distinguished Oblivion.- Wells and Vision.- Wells and Medicine.- The Ultimate Oblivion.- Appendix. Account of a Female of the White Race of Mankind, Part of Whose Skin Resembles that of a Negro(1813/1818).- References.- Name Index.

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