The photismi de lumine of maurolycus

ABSTRACT “ LIGHT concerning Light”, the playful title given by Franciscus Maurolycus (1494-1575) to his short text on optics, suggests a certain sense of humour in the author, a prominent

churchman and man of science of his day, which might have saved him from the inconsistency of outlook so painfully apparent from the modern point of view in this book. Mr. Henry Crew's

charming translation brings within the reach of all a work which is in itself an eloquent comment on the folly of certain chapters in human thinking, especially the kind of thinking which

strays over-far from experience and experiment. The Photismi de Lumine of Maurolycus A Chapter in Late Medieval Optics. Translated from the Latin into English by Henry Crew. Pp. xix + 134.

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