The perception of colour
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The perception of colour
(Vision and visual dysfunction / general editor, John R. Cronly-Dillon, v. 6)
Macmillan Press, Scientific & Medical, 1991
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Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A 16 volume thematic encyclopedia on vision covering all research aspects of this mutidisciplinary field by 300 contributors from around the world. Each volume is extensively referenced, illustrated and indexed. The articles relate the current state of our knowledge and areas of continuing advancement and will be updated in additional volumes every 5 years. It is aimed at libraries in all universities, relevant departments and other institutions conducting research into vision, medical schools and relevant major industrial concerns such as pharmaceutical, optics and robotics companies.
Table of Contents
- Colour theories and experimentation, Gouras
- the physical measurement of colour, Wright
- the psychophysical measurement of colour, Smith
- colour contrast, constancy and appearance, Pokorny et al
- the evolution of colour vision, Goldsmith
- the molecular biology of colour vision, Piantanida
- photoreceptors, photopigments, oil droplets, Bowmaker
- the anatomy of colour vision, Kolb and Lipetz
- photoreceptor physiology, Norman
- precortical colour vision, Gouras
- colour vision in the visual cortex, Michael
- colour evoked responses, Gouras
- links between colour vision and physiology, Spillman and Sharpe
- colour illusions and afterimages, Gomas
- insect colour vision, Menzel et al
- colour television and colour displays, Cowan
- models, Gouras.
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