Contact Lens Practice
 Catalogue Number: 1680 Contact Lens Practice Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Editor: EFRON Nathan and 32 contributors Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 2010 Edition: 2nd Edition Time Period: 21st C Place Of Publication/Manufacture: China Publisher/Manufacturer: Butterworth Heineman Description Of Item: Quarto size hard back, 474 pages. Copiously illustrated in colour. 43 chapters divided into 6 parts. 11 appendices. Signed by the editor, Nathan Efron, on the half title page. Thirty three contributors, including Nathan Efron who wrote 10 chapters. Historical Significance: Nathan Efron obtained his BOptom at the University of Melbourne in 1976 and studied for a PhD degree also at the University of Melbourne under Dr (later Professor ) Leo Carney obtaining it in 1982. After post docs at the University of California with Dr Ken Polse and at the University of NSW with Professor Brien Holden he returned to the University of Melbourne as lecturer in 1984. In 1990 he was appointed professor of clinical optometry at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). He subsequently was appointed a research professor at Queensland University of Technology in 2004 . Professor Efron is a leading figure in contact lens and cornea research and has published many research articles and books.See his profile Clin Exp Optom 2005; 88: 6: 430-433. How Acquired: Donated by Nathan Efron Date Acquired: Nov 2010 Condition: Mint Location: Archive room. East wall. Books by Australian authors |