A Historical Study on Development of Optometry
History and Philosophy of Physics
2012-03-20 v1
Abstract
Development of optometry in western countries was studied on a viewpoint of the history of science. It was revealed that optometry had been formed on the basis of optics, a branch of physics, to which biomedical study was added. Optometry can be defined as a pioneering interdisciplinary field of study and as biomedical physics of the 19th century. It is pointed out that population-geographic factors have affected on the development of optometry in the U. S. A. and Australia. European development model is suggested for a strategy for the next-generation development of Korean optometry, rather than American model.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1203.3842,
title = {A Historical Study on Development of Optometry},
author = {Dal-Young Kim},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.3842},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
Written in Korean expect for title and abstract