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Planets and Perception: Telescopic Views and Interpretations, 1609-1909
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Planets and Perception: Telescopic Views and Interpretations, 1609-1909 Tapa dura - 1988

de Sheehan, William


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Do we really know what we see through a telescope? How does the ocular system construct planetary images, and how does the brain interpret them? Drawing on both astronomical and psychological data, William Sheehan now offers the first systematic analysis of the perceptual and cognitive factors that go into the initial structuring of a planetary image and its subsequent elaboration. Sheehan details the development of lunar and planetary astronomy beginning with Galileo's study of the moon, and focuses particularly on the discover of canals on Mars. Through each episode he underscores a perceptual or psychological theme, such as the importance of differences in vision, tachistoscopic perceptual effects, the influence of expectation and suggestion on what one sees, and the social psychology of scientific discovery. Planets and Perception is a provocative book that will intrigue anyone who has ever looked through a telescope. In addition, it offers the psychologically-oriented reader a case history in the processes of perception unlike any other in the literature.

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  • Título Planets and Perception: Telescopic Views and Interpretations, 1609-1909
  • Autor Sheehan, William
  • Encuadernación Tapa dura
  • Edición First edition
  • Páginas 324
  • Idioma ENG
  • Editorial University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.
  • Fecha de publicación 1988
  • ISBN 9780816510597

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William Sheehan is a psychiatrist, writer, and amateur astronomer.
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Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1988. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xii, 324pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in red cloth over boards with spine lettered in silver. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Do we really know what we see through a telescope? How does the ocular system construct planetary images, and how does the brain interpret them? Drawing on both astronomical and psychological data, William Sheehan now offers the first systematic analysis of the perceptual and cognitive factors that go into the initial structuring of a planetary image and its subsequent elaboration. Sheehan details the development of lunar and planetary astronomy beginning with Galileo's study of the moon, and focuses particularly on the discover of "canals" on Mars. Through each episode he underscores a perceptual or psychological theme, such as the importance of differences in vision,… Leer más
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