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Richard Gregory

    July 24, 1923 – May 17, 2010

    Richard Gregory was a British astronomer and science communicator who shaped scientific discourse through his extensive writings and editorial leadership. His work spanned numerous scientific disciplines, and his tenure as editor of the prominent journal Nature significantly enhanced its international standing. Gregory was dedicated to fostering scientific education and global collaboration, leaving a lasting impact on the scientific community.

    Elementary Physical and Astronomical Geography: Specially Designed for Pupil Teachers, Students in Training, and Science Students
    The Vault Of Heaven: An Elementary Textbook Of Modern Physical Astronomy
    Discovery: Or, The Spirit and Service of Science
    Odd Perceptions
    Eye and Brain
    Cutacre
    • 2023

      This textbook provides an accessible introduction to modern physical astronomy. Topics covered include celestial mechanics, the solar system, stars and stellar systems, and galaxies and cosmology. The text is aimed at students with a basic understanding of physics and mathematics. It is well-illustrated throughout and includes numerous exercises and problems to help students consolidate their understanding.

      The Vault Of Heaven: An Elementary Textbook Of Modern Physical Astronomy
    • 2019

      Cutacre in Greater Manchester was once a rural landscape, settled during the prehistoric periods. This booklet presents the results of archaeological work carried out here prior to its redevelopment, offering insight into the use of the ancient landscape and rare of Bronze Age settlement and medieval iron production.

      Cutacre
    • 2019

      Odd Perceptions

      • 230 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Richard Gregory was one of the major scientific thinkers of our time. Originally published in 1986, here he presents essays on the rich subject of perception. How we experience colours, shapes, sounds, touches, tickles, tastes and smells is a mysterious and rich inquiry. Wonderful as these sensations are, though, he argues that perception becomes really interesting when we consider how objects are identified and located in space and time as things we interact with, using our intelligence to understand them. Gregory's essays convey the crucial importance of the major scientists and their achievements in the study of perception; but they also show us how much we can learn from our surroundings, our language, our times, our successes and our failures. Why are we so often fooled, in scientific as well as everyday life?

      Odd Perceptions
    • 2015

      Eye and Brain

      • 296 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      3.6(20)Add rating

      Since the publication of the first edition in 1966, Eye and Brain has established itself worldwide as an essential introduction to the basic phenomena of visual perception. Richard Gregory offers clear explanations of how we see brightness, movement, color, and objects, and he explores the phenomena of visual illusions to establish principles about

      Eye and Brain
    • 1998

      Mirrors in mind

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Written by a leading researcher into perception, a central area in current work on the brain and mind, this book looks at mirrors as fascinating objects in themselves, for what they can show about vision, and as a metaphor for the perception and understanding of the "real" world.

      Mirrors in mind
    • 1977

      Eye and Brain

      The Psychology of Seeing

      Since the publication of the first edition in 1966, Eye and Brain has established itself worldwide as an essential introduction to the basic phenomena of visual perception. In this book, Richard L. Gregory offers clear explanations of how we see brightness, movement, color, and objects, and he explores the phenomena of visual illusions to establish principles about how perception normally works and why it sometimes fails. Although successive editions have incorporated new discoveries and ideas, Gregory completely revised and updated the book for this publication, adding more than thirty new illustrations. The phenomena of illusion continue to be a major theme in the book, in which the author makes a new attempt to provide a comprehensive classification system. There are also new sections on what babies see and how they learn to see, on motion perception, and tantalizing glimpses of the relationship between vision and consciousness and of the impact of new brain imaging techniques. In addition, the presentation of the text and illustrations has been improved by the larger format and new page design. The thousands of readers of the previous editions of Eye and Brain will find this new revised edition even more attractive and enthralling.

      Eye and Brain