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Geometry of Light and Shadow: Francesco Maurolyco (1494-1575) and the Pinhole Camera.

In his Theoremata de lumine, et umbre (1521), Francesco Maurolyco (1494-1575) discussed, inter alia, the problem of the pinhole camera. Maurolyco outlined a framework based on Euclidean geometry in which he applied the rectilinear propagation of light to the casting of shadow on a screen behind a pi...

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Published in:Annals of Science Vol. 64; no. 4; pp. 549 - 579
Main Authors: Hon, Giora, Zik, Yaakov
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Oct2007
Subjects:
Geometry
Light
Maurolyco, Francesco
Pinhole cameras
Optics
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