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[es-ES]Record tools[es-ES]	Professor Peter Bishop interviewed by Dr Max Blythe Remove from selection Add to selection TítuloProfessor Peter Bishop interviewed by Dr Max Blythe Referencia240000016 Fecha1996 CreadorAustralian Academy of Science Ámbito de contenidoProfessor Peter Bishop was born in 1917 in Tamworth, New South Wales. He received a BMBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) from the University of Sydney in 1940. He served in the Navy during World War II then went to England where he began his work in neurophysiology. In 1950 he returned to the University of Sydney where he continued his work on the electrical stimulation of the optic nerve. He became Professor of Physiology in 1955. In the 1960s Bishop began studies into how an eye forms an image, and he and his colleagues developed a mathematical model of the visual system of a cat. He became interested in the ability of people to see in three dimensions, and found that nerve impulses from the two eyes go back to the same cell in the brain. Bishop was Professor and Head of the Department of Physiology in the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University between 1967 and 1982. Peter Bishop passed away in June 2012. LenguajeEnglish Documento digital professor-peter-bishop-1917-2012 Palabra clave de persona Peter Orlebar *Bishop, Max Blythe TemaNeurophysiology, Optical measurements, Neurosciences, Science--History, Science--Social aspects Conditions governing accessThe Australian Academy of Science supports and encourages the use of its archive & library by making a material available to the public under Creative Commons CC BY-NC 4.0 see creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Nivel de descripciónItem Navegador jerarquico MS240 Conversations with Australian Scientists 1995-currentfonds contiene 152 [es-ES]parts 240000016 Professor Peter Bishop interviewed by Dr Max Blythe 1996Item

TítuloProfessor Peter Bishop interviewed by Dr Max Blythe

Referencia240000016

Fecha1996

Ámbito de contenidoProfessor Peter Bishop was born in 1917 in Tamworth, New South Wales. He received a BMBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) from the University of Sydney in 1940. He served in the Navy during World War II then went to England where he began his work in neurophysiology. In 1950 he returned to the University of Sydney where he continued his work on the electrical stimulation of the optic nerve. He became Professor of Physiology in 1955. In the 1960s Bishop began studies into how an eye forms an image, and he and his colleagues developed a mathematical model of the visual system of a cat. He became interested in the ability of people to see in three dimensions, and found that nerve impulses from the two eyes go back to the same cell in the brain. Bishop was Professor and Head of the Department of Physiology in the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University between 1967 and 1982. Peter Bishop passed away in June 2012.

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professor-peter-bishop-1917-2012

Palabra clave de persona Peter Orlebar *Bishop, Max Blythe

TemaNeurophysiology, Optical measurements, Neurosciences, Science--History, Science--Social aspects

Conditions governing accessThe Australian Academy of Science supports and encourages the use of its archive & library by making a material available to the public under Creative Commons CC BY-NC 4.0 see creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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