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The Optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535–1615): A Reassessment. Hrsg. / Arianna Borrelli; Giora Hon; Yaakov Zik. Springer Nature, 2017. S. 1-10 (Archimedes; Band 44).
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Introduction
AU - Borrelli, Arianna
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The works of Giambattista Della Porta represent the first extended and systematic textual source on the study of the optical phenomena made possible by optical artifacts, such as glass mirrors and lenses, which became available in increasing quantity during the sixteenth-century thanks to the progress in glass-making and glass-working. Although Della Porta's optical writings are of particular interest for the history of early modern optics, they have received a rather negative treatment in recent and less recent historiography. The studies collected in the present volume take a closer, unprejudiced view at Della Porta's published and unpublished attempts at making sense of optical phenomena, and aim at reassessing his role in the development of early modern optics by reconstructing both the scope and the context of his work, and by comparing it to that of his contemporaries.
AB - The works of Giambattista Della Porta represent the first extended and systematic textual source on the study of the optical phenomena made possible by optical artifacts, such as glass mirrors and lenses, which became available in increasing quantity during the sixteenth-century thanks to the progress in glass-making and glass-working. Although Della Porta's optical writings are of particular interest for the history of early modern optics, they have received a rather negative treatment in recent and less recent historiography. The studies collected in the present volume take a closer, unprejudiced view at Della Porta's published and unpublished attempts at making sense of optical phenomena, and aim at reassessing his role in the development of early modern optics by reconstructing both the scope and the context of his work, and by comparing it to that of his contemporaries.
KW - Geometrical Optic
KW - Glass Sphere
KW - Image Inversion
KW - Optical Phenomenon
KW - Present Volume
KW - Media and communication studies
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-50215-1_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-50215-1_1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85101998658
SN - 978-3-319-50214-4
SN - 978-3-319-84348-3
T3 - Archimedes
SP - 1
EP - 10
BT - The Optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535–1615)
A2 - Borrelli, Arianna
A2 - Hon, Giora
A2 - Zik, Yaakov
PB - Springer Nature
ER -