Johannes Kepler - Dioptrice Seu Demonstratio Eorum Quae Visui & Visibilibus Propter Conspicilla Non Ita Pridem Inventa Accidunt.

<p>Prima edizione del testo fondante dell'ottica moderna, l&rsquo;unico realizzato da Kepler su questo argomento. L&rsquo;opera affronta la teoria della rifrazione mediante lenti e include una serie di lettere inviate da Galileo a Kepler tra il 1610 e il 1611.<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span>&laquo;In this work he enlarged upon his ideas on refraction and wrote about the anatomy of the eye. He described, for the first time, the defect of spherical aberration and stated that it could be overcome by giving optical surface hyperboloidal forms. [&hellip;] In the Dioptrice we find first mention of a refracting telescope with a positive eyepiece&raquo; (<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">King</span>, T<em>he History of the Telescope</em>, 44-45). <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Brunet </span>III 653; <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Honeyman </span>V 1788: &laquo;he was virtually the founder of the modern science of dioptrics&raquo;; <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Zinner </span>4320; <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cinti </span>31.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>