Destined for Distinguished Oblivion

副标题: The Scientific Vision of William Charles Wells (1752-1817) (History and Philosophy of Psychology)

ISBN: 9780306473852

出版社: Springer

出版年: 2002-12-31

页数: 321

定价: USD 104.00

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

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.