John Dalton’s Colour Vision Legacy
John Dalton’s Colour Vision Legacy
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约翰·道尔顿的色觉遗产
DOI：
10.1136/bjo.82.2.203d
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发表时间：
1998
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
B. Regan
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作者：
B. Regan
约翰道尔顿的彩色视觉遗产。由克莉丝汀迪金森，伊恩默里，大卫卡登编辑。pp738. 59.50英镑伦敦：泰勒和弗朗西斯，1996年。ISBN 07484-03108。
著名化学家约翰道尔顿意识到他的颜色感知与其他人不同，他留下了一个关于颜色如何出现在他身上的详细描述。道尔顿认为，他的玻璃体液中有一种不正常的蓝色，导致他异常的颜色感知，他指示在他死后检查他的眼睛，以验证这一假设。他的愿望如期实现了，但没有发现蓝色，道尔顿的假设被推翻了。然而，一只眼睛的残骸...
John Dalton’s Colour Vision Legacy . Edited by Christine Dickinson, Ian Murray, David Carden. Pp 738. £59.50. London: Taylor and Francis, 1996. ISBN 07484-03108.
John Dalton, the celebrated chemist, realised that his colour perception differed from that of others, and he left a detailed description of how colours appeared to him. Dalton believed that his vitreous humour possessed an abnormal blue tint, causing his anomalous colour perception, and he gave instructions for his eyes to be examined on his death, to test this hypothesis. His wishes were duly carried out, but no blue coloration was found, and Dalton’s hypothesis was refuted. However, the shrivelled remains of one eye …