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T3D Re: From Euclid to Wheatstone

  • From: Jim Crowell <crowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: T3D Re: From Euclid to Wheatstone
  • Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 15:53:12 -0700
At 11:07 AM -0700 9/26/98, abram klooswyk wrote:
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>But there is no record of awareness of binocular depth perception
>before Leonardo da Vinci,

Actually, I don't think that's correct.  The Egyptian mathematician AlHazen
seems to have known a fair amount about it, & I'm pretty sure he pre-dated
da Vinci.  I believe there's a collection of his writings out now, edited
by Ian Howard of York University...

-Jim C.

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