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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254595803321

Titolo

Erwin Schrödinger's Color Theory : Translated with Modern Commentary / / edited by Keith K. Niall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-64621-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 193 p. 27 illus.)

Disciplina

535.2

537.6

Soggetti

Optics

Electrodynamics

Biological psychology

Physics

Classical Electrodynamics

Biological Psychology

History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Outlines of Colorimetric Theory under Photopic Conditions, Part I Outlines of Colorimetric Theory Under Photopic Conditions -- Part II A Theory of Normalized Surface Reflectance for Pigments -- On the Relation of the Trichromatic to the Opponent-Process Theory of Color -- On the Origin of Spectral Sensitivity Functions of the Eye -- On the Apparent Color of Stars, and Color Appearance Under Mesopic Conditions -- The Projective Geometry of Color Space: A Review.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the most complete translation to date of Erwin Schrödinger’s work on colorimetry. In his work Schrödinger proposed a projective geometry of color space, rather than a Euclidean line-element. He also proposed new (at the time) colorimetric methods – in detail and at length - which represented a dramatic conceptual shift in colorimetry. Schrödinger shows how the trichromatic (or Young-Helmholtz) theory of color and the opponent-process (or Hering) theory of color are formally the same theory, or at least only trivially



different. These translations of Schrödinger’s bold concepts for color space have a fresh resonance and importance for contemporary color theory.