title: What is the history of medieval optics really about?
authors.affiliation: Professor of History, University of Missouri at Columbia.
authors.forename: A Mark
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D006663:Historiography; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049692:History, Early Modern 1451-1600; D049691:History, Medieval; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000266:history*; D010684:Philosophy / Q000266:history*