Professor Gerald Westheimer FRS Australian optometry's pre-eminent vision scientist.
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Westheimer responds to ÔVisual resolution: operational definitions with an eye towards historical precedenceÕ There is no dispute between Carney & Klein and me about optical facts and psychophysical observations: we are struggling with nomenclature. Resolution has been traditionally understood to refer to the question ''single or double''—Robert HookeÕs double stars, 19th-century ophthalmologis...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical & experimental optometry
دوره 84 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001