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Ancient Optics

Ancient Optics is a theoretical framework within the history of ancient science that systematically investigates the nature, behavior, and perception of light and vision according to the physical and metaphysical principles espoused by pre-Hellenistic and Hellenistic philosophers.

90

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107

Authors

53

Institutions

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2017–2026

2

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Publications

90

LXI. <i>Observations on some remarkable optical phænomena seen in Switzerland; and on an optical phænomenon which occurs on viewing a figure of a crystal or geometrical solid</i>

L. A. Necker · The London Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science · 1832 · 394 citations

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Early Greek Astronomy to Aristotle

Pierre A. MacKay, D. R. Dicks · The Classical World · 1971 · 255 citations

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From Mine to Microscope. Advances in the Study of Ancient Technology

Erez Ben‐Yosef · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2009 · 164 citations

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New Light on the Most Ancient East

Winifred Needler, V. Gordon Childe · Phoenix · 1954 · 147 citations

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The Physical World of Late Antiquity

Peter Diamadopoulos · The Journal of Philosophy · 1963 · 140 citations

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Authors

107

  1. MG
    Massimo Guarnieri

    University of Padua, Italy

    1 publications · 45 citations

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  2. NW
    Nicholas Wade

    University of Dundee, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 104 citations

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  3. IP
    Ian P. Howard

    York University, Canada

    2 publications · 62 citations

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  4. SB
    Sylvia Berryman

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    2 publications · 27 citations

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  5. OD
    Olivier Darrigol

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    2 publications · 36 citations

    2

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Institutions

53

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    132 citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

  3. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  4. University of Dundee

    Dundee, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    104 citations

  5. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  6. University of Padua

    Padua, Italy

    2 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  7. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

  8. Canada Research Chairs

    Ottawa, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 9 publications · 615 citations

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  2. Isis

    3 publications · 130 citations

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  3. Centaurus

    3 publications · 46 citations

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  4. Apeiron

    3 publications · 48 citations

    3

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  5. The Classical World

    3 publications · 307 citations

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