Mechanisms of Colour Vision. Selected papers of W. S. Stiles, F. R. S., with a new introductory essay. (PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY STILES TO BRIAN CRAWFORD, AFTER WHOM THE STILES-CRAWFORD EFFECT IS NAMED.)

(CRAWFORD, Brian Hewson 1906-1991) STILES, W. S. [Walter Stanley] (1901-1985):

Published by London, etc.: Academic Press, 1978., 1978

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PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY STILES TO BRIAN CRAWFORD. First Edition. ix, 298 pp; figs. Original cloth, large 8vo. Very Good, without dust jacket. Reprints 12 papers and includes Stiles' introductory essay (pp. 1-34), which contains a good deal of historical information. 'Probably the greatest colour scientist of the 20th century, during his 36 years at NPL [National Physical Laboratory] Stiles made a lasting and fundamental contribution to the theory and practice of illumination engineering. He is chiefly remembered for his work on colour matching and vision - in which field the Stiles-Crawford effect bears his name' (NPL Web site).

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• Title: Mechanisms of Colour Vision. Selected papers of W. S. Stiles, F. R. S., with a new introductory essay. (PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY STILES TO BRIAN CRAWFORD, AFTER WHOM THE STILES-CRAWFORD EFFECT IS NAMED.)
• Publisher: London, etc.: Academic Press, 1978.
• Publication Date: 1978
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)