Erwin Schrdinger's Color Theory Translated with Modern Commentary [Hardcover]

This book presents the most complete translation to date of Erwin Schr?dingers work on colorimetry. In his work Schr?dinger proposed a projective geometry of color space, rather than a Euclidean line-element. He also proposed new (at the time) colorimetric methods  in detail and at length - which represented a dramatic conceptual shift in colorimetry. Schr?dinger shows how the trichromatic (or Young-Helmholtz) theory of color and the opponent-process (or Hering) theory of color are formally the same theory, or at least only trivially different. These translations of Schr?dingers bold concepts for color space have a fresh resonance and importance for contemporary color theory.

Historical Introduction.- Outlines of Colorimetric Theory under Photopic Conditions, Part I Outlines of Colorimetric Theory Under Photopic Conditions.- Part II A Theory of Normalized Surface Reflectance for Pigments.- On the Relation of the Trichromatic to the Opponent-Process Theory of Color.- On the Origin of Spectral Sensitivity Functions of the Eye.- On the Apparent Color of Stars, and Color Appearance Under Mesopic Conditions.- The Projective Geometry of Color Space: A Review.- Surview and Conclusions.- Glossary.- Index.

I find Nialls translation to be a faithful representation of what I view as Schr?dingers contributions to colorimetry (both fundamental and advanced). & I stand in awe of Nialls compendium of translations, each done independently of the earlier ones. The arguments one can have about which translation is more correct will be around for a longlƒ&