The man who flattened the earth [[electronic resource] ] : Maupertuis and the sciences in the enlightenment / / Mary Terrall

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459091503321
• Autore: Terrall Mary
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2002
• ISBN: 1-282-93294-2; 9786612932946; 0-226-79362-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (420 p.)
• Disciplina: 509.2; B
• Soggetti: Scientists - France; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-392) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- A Note on Translations -- 1. Portrait of a Man of Science -- 2. From Saint-Malo to Paris -- 3. Mathematics and Mechanics in the Paris Academy of Sciences -- 4. The Expedition to Lapland -- 5. The Polemical Aftermath of the Lapland Expedition -- 6. Beyond Newton and on to Berlin -- 7. Toward a Science of Living Things -- 8. The Berlin Academy of Sciences -- 9. Teleology, Cosmology, and Least Action -- 10. Heredity and Materialism -- 11. The Final Years -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Self-styled adventurer, literary wit, philosopher, and statesman of science, Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759) stood at the center of Enlightenment science and culture. Offering an elegant and accessible portrait of this remarkable man, Mary Terrall uses the story of Maupertuis's life, self-fashioning, and scientific works to explore what it meant to do science and to be a man of science in eighteenth-century Europe. Beginning his scientific career as a mathematician in Paris, Maupertuis entered the public eye with a much-discussed expedition to Lapland, which confirmed Newton's calculation that the earth was flattened at the poles. He also made significant, and often ; intentionally controversial, contributions to physics, life science, navigation, astronomy, and metaphysics. Called to Berlin by Frederick the Great, Maupertuis moved to Prussia to preside over the Academy of Sciences there. Equally at home in salons, cafés, scientific academies, and royal courts, Maupertuis used his social connections and his printed works to enhance a carefully constructed reputation as both a man of letters and a man of science. His social and institutional affiliations, in turn, affected how Maupertuis formulated his ideas, how he presented them to his contemporaries, and the reactions they provoked. Terrall not only illuminates the life and work of a colorful and important Enlightenment figure, but also uses his story to delve into many wider issues, including the development of scientific institutions, the impact of print culture on science, and the interactions of science and government. Smart and highly readable, Maupertuis will appeal to anyone interested in eighteenth-century science and culture. "Terrall's work is scholarship in the best sense. Her explanations of arcane 18th-century French physics, mathematics, astronomy, and biology are among the most lucid available in any language."-Virginia Dawson, American Historical Review Winner of the 2003 Pfizer Award from the History of Science Society

Clinical management of binocular vision : heterophoric, accommodative, and eye movement disorders / / Mitchell Scheiman, Bruce Wick

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464451103321
• Autore: Scheiman Mitchell
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, PA : , : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-4698-3925-3; 1-4698-3282-8; 1-4698-7525-X
• Edizione: [Fourth edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (732 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): WickBruce; SteinmanBarbara
• Disciplina: 617.7/62
• Soggetti: Binocular vision disorders; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Diagnostic testing -- Case analysis and classification -- General treatment modalities, guidelines, and prognosis -- Primary care of binocular vision, accommodative, and eye movement disorders -- Introduction and general concepts -- Fusional vergence, voluntary convergence, and antisuppression -- Accommodative techniques -- Ocular motility procedures -- Low AC/A conditions : convergence insuffi ciency and divergence insufficiency -- High AC/A conditions : convergence excess and divergence excess -- Normal AC/A conditions : fusional vergence dysfunction, basic esophoria, and basic exophoria -- Accommodative dysfunction -- Eye movement disorders -- Cyclovertical heterophoria -- Fixation disparity -- Interactions between accommodation and vergence -- Refractive amblyopia -- Nystagmus -- Aniseikonia -- Binocular and accommodative problems associated with computer use -- Binocular and accommodative problems associated with acquired brain injury -- Binocular and accommodative problems associated with learning problems -- Development and management of refractive error : treatment based on a binocular ; vision-based model -- Binocular vision problems associated with refractive surgery -- Patient and practice management issues in vision therapy.
• Sommario/riassunto: This fourth edition of Clinical Management of Binocular Vision uses the past five years of research studies and literature to provide an accurate look at today's diagnosis and treatment of binocular vision.Written with an emphasis on proper evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment, each condition is covered in-depth and includes background information, symptoms, case analysis, and management options. This edition also includes the latest information on new vision therapy equipment. Easy to read and understand, this book is ideal for faculty when designing courses, students studying these topics fo