Joshua S Harvey
Biographic Data
| ID | 1082856 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joshua S Harvey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joshua S |
| FAMILY NAME | Harvey |
| SIGNATURE | HARVEY J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Neuroscience Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1342-9100 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Magnifying Grains of Sand, Seeds, and Blades of Grass
In his treatise On the Rainbow (De iride), composed nearly four hundred years before the first known telescope, the English polymath Robert Grosseteste identified three striking optical effects: distant objects can be rendered close by; close-by large objects can be rendered small; and distant small objects can be rendered large. In the context of the history of optics, the first effect is especially striking. Grosseteste did not give details of …
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Magnifying Grains of Sand, Seeds, and Blades of Grass
In his treatise On the Rainbow (De iride), composed nearly four hundred years before the first known telescope, the English polymath Robert Grosseteste identified three striking optical effects: distant objects can be rendered close by; close-by large objects can be rendered small; and distant small objects can be rendered large. In the context of the history of optics, the first effect is especially striking. Grosseteste did not give details of …
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