{"product_id":"descartess-theory-of-light-and-refraction-a-discourse-on-method-transactions-american-philosophical-society-vol-77-part-3-paperback-softback-9780871697738","title":"Descartes's Theory of Light and Refraction; A Discourse on Method, Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 77, Part 3) (Paperback \/ softback) 9780871697738","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDescartes's Theory of Light and Refraction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Discourse on Method, Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 77, Part 3)\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\"\u003e9780871697738\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 January 1987\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e92 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm, 0.39 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContents: (1) Historical Overview; \u0026amp; Descartes's Perspectivist Sources; (2) Analysis of Refraction: Cartesian Light-Theory; \u0026amp; A Critical Evaluation; (3) The Foundations of Perspectivist Optics: Perspectivist Light-Theory; Quantization of Light; \u0026amp; Comparison with Descartes's Theory of Light; (4) The Perspectivist Analysis of Refraction: Physical Model; Physical \"Explanation\" \u0026amp; The Final Cause; (5) Perspectivist Grounds of the Cartesian Proof: Mathematical Implications; From Cosines to Sines; \u0026amp; Descartes Revisited; (6) Cartesian Light-Theory as a Culmination; Toward a Kinetic Theory of Light; \u0026amp; Epistemological Consequences. App.: The Sine-Law Before Descartes; The Fermat-Descartes Controversy; \u0026amp; Kepler, Descartes \u0026amp; the Anaclastic. Illustrations.\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":52580511842584,"sku":"9780871697738","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/descartess-theory-of-light-and-refraction-a-discourse-on-method-transactions-american-philosophical-society-vol-77-part-3-paperback-softback-9780871697738","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}