{"product_id":"alhacens-theory-of-visual-perception-first-three-books-of-alhacens-de-aspectibus-volume-one-introduction-and-latin-text-transactions-american-philosophical-society-vol-91-part-4-paperback-softback-9780871699145","title":"Alhacen's Theory of Visual Perception (First Three Books of Alhacen's De Aspectibus), Volume One--Introduction and Latin Text; Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 91, Part 4) (Paperback \/ softback) 9780871699145","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAlhacen's Theory of Visual Perception (First Three Books of Alhacen's De Aspectibus), Volume One--Introduction and Latin Text\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTransactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 91, Part 4)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eA. Mark Smith (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780871699145\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 January 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e520 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.1 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This edition of De aspectibus will likely serve generations of scholars and students.\" - Glen M. Cooper (Aestimatio)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometime between 1028 and 1038, Ibn al-Haytham completed his monumental optical synthesis, Kitab al-Manazir (\"Book of Optics\"). By no later than 1200, and perhaps somewhat earlier, this treatise appeared in Latin under the title De aspectibus. In that form it was attributed to a certain \"Alhacen.\" These differences in title and authorial designation are indicative of the profound differences between the two versions, Arabic and Latin, of the treatise. In many ways, in fact, they can be regarded not simply as different versions of the same work, but as different works in their own right. Accordingly, the Arab author, Ibn al-Haytham, and his Latin incarnation, Alhacen, represent two distinct, sometimes even conflicting, interpretive voices. And the same holds for their respective texts.\u003cbr\u003e To complicate matters, \"Alhacen\" does not represent a single interpretive voice. There were at least two translators at work on the Latin text, one of them adhering faithfully to the Arabic original, the other content with distilling, even paraphrasing, the Arabic original. Consequently, the Latin text presents not one, but at least two faces to the reader. This two-volume critical edition represents fourteen years of work on Dr. Smith's part.\u003cbr\u003e Awarded the 2001 J. F. Lewis Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"American Philosophical Society Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580512071960,"sku":"9780871699145","price":67.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/alhacens-theory-of-visual-perception-first-three-books-of-alhacens-de-aspectibus-volume-one-introduction-and-latin-text-transactions-american-philosophical-society-vol-91-part-4-paperback-softback-9780871699145","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}