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Name: Introduction to Vision and Optical Instruments
ID: m42478
Language: English (en)
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: Aberrations, Accommodation, Adaptive optics, Angular magnification, Astigmatism, Chromatic aberration, Color constancy, Coma, Compound microscope, Cones, Eyepiece, Eyes, Far point, Farsightedness, Hues, Hyperopia, Laser vision correction, Myopia, Near point, Nearsightedness, Numerical aperture, Objective lens, Presbyopia, Red blood cells, Refractive indices, Retinexes, Retinex theory of color vision, Rods, Simplified theory of color vision
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org)
Copyright Holders: Rice University (daniel@openstaxcollege.org)
Maintainers: OSC Physics Maintainer (info@openstaxcollege.org), OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org)
Latest version: 1.2 (history)
First publication date: Jan 17, 2012 3:31 pm -0600
Last revision to module: May 17, 2012 3:33 pm -0500

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Version: 1.2 May 17, 2012 3:33 pm -0500 by OSC Physics Maintainer
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Version: 1.1 Jan 20, 2012 7:08 pm -0600 by OSC Physics Maintainer
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