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I thought that members of this list might be interested to hear that Ernst Mach's "Grundlinien der Lehre von den Bewegungsempfindungen" (1875) has been translated into English for the first time, despite being widely cited for over a century! Fundamentals of the Theory of Movement Perception Translated and annotated by Laurence R. Young and the late Volker Henn List Price: $85.00 350 pages Cd-Rom edition (December 1, 2001) Plenum Pub Corp; ISBN: 0306467119 Publisher's description: This is a bilingual edition of Ernst Mach’s classic 1875 text on the vestibular system. Mach was an eminent physicist who worked on the speed of sound (Mach as the unit of sound speed), on visual perception (Mach bands which describe contrast phenomena), mechanics (Einstein specifically refers to him as a decisive influence), and created the philosophical foundation of positivism. Mach’s work is central to the consideration of processing and human movement perception—a topic of considerable current interest. The early insights and examples Mach provides are instructive, and largely unknown nowadays. Bound along with the text is a CD-ROM, which includes, among other things, the English version of the text, extensive biographies, references, articles, and links to the footnotes. ************************************ Laurence R. Harris Dept. Psychology, York University, Toronto,Ontario, M3J 1P3, CANADA phone: +(416) 736-2100 x 66108 fax: +(416) 736-5814 http://www.yorku.ca/harris http://www.cvr.yorku.ca ************************************ -- EYE-MOVEMENT mailing list ([log in to unmask]) N.B. Replies are sent to the list, not the sender To unsubscribe, etc. see http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/eye-movement/introduction.html Other queries to list owner at [log in to unmask]