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Handbook of Physiological Optics

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  • Helmholtz.
    In Hermann von Helmholtz: Early life

    His greatest work, Handbook of Physiological Optics (1867), was characterized—like all of his scientific works—by a keen philosophical insight, molded by exact physiological investigations, and illustrated with mathematical precision and sound physical principles.

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