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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...judging his distance from an object; pedestrians sometimes walk smack into a truck at the curb because they suppose that the dark mass they see is a building across the street. Dr. Miles offers a tip on how to judge distance at night: the nearer an object is, the fuzzier its outlines are; move the head from side to side-the object will seem to move rapidly if it is close by, slowly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: How to See in the Dark | 10/5/1942 | See Source »

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