Planets and Persepti9on: Telescopic Views and Interpretatio9ns, 1609-1909 by Sheehan, William - 1988

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University of Arizona Press, 1988. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of Arizona Press, 1988-11-01. Hardcover. Good.

Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1988. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xii, 324pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in red cloth over boards with spine lettered in silver. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Do we really know what we see through a telescope? How does the ocular system construct planetary images, and how does the brain interpret them? Drawing on both astronomical and psychological data, William Sheehan now offers the first systematic analysis of the perceptual and cognitive factors that go into the initial structuring of a planetary image and its subsequent elaboration. Sheehan details the development of lunar and planetary astronomy beginning with Galileo's study of the moon, and focuses particularly on the discover of "canals" on Mars. Through each episode he underscores a perceptual or psychological theme, such as the importance of differences in vision,… Read More

Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Inscribed by author and editor on title page. Full red cloth, foil titles on spine, grey endpapers, xiii, 324, [1] pp, drawings & photos in text, notes, index. Author's signed inscription on title page is dated in 1989. DJ in Brodart archival cover. This book is about the psychology of perception as applied to astronomical observations before photography became the main method of observation. According to the colophon, the author is a psychologist and amateur astronomer who "observes regularly with various telescopes, of which his main one is a 6-inch refractor. His special interest is in the Moon and the planets, but over the years he has become as intrigued by what happens at the eye end of the telescope--the unjustly neglected perceptual and psychological factors that enter into visual planetary observations--as by the planets themselves." Shipping… Read More

University of Arizona Press, 1988-11-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!