Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Alkene isomerization is key to the functioning of photoreceptors in the retina of mammals; a lack of specific photoreceptors leads to colour blindness, a condition suffered by John Dalton and investigated by him in the late 1700s.
Authors: Catherine E. Housecroft, Edwin Constable
Institution: University of Basel
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410768858