title: Ptolemy's contributions to the geometry of binocular vision.
abstract: Ptolemy's Optics which was written in about the year 150 AD contains an account of the geometry of binocular vision which has been almost totally neglected in the vision literature. An English translation of the relevant passages from the Latin text in Lejeune (1956) is presented together with commentaries and a brief introduction.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Vision Research, York University, North York, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: I P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Wade
mesh_terms: D000076144:Egypt, Ancient; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics / Q000266:history*; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000266:history*; D015348:Vision, Binocular