Intraocular light scattering is a phenomenon with broad implications for
theoretical, empirical and clinical vision fields. The purpose of this
monograph is to provide a much needed review of its most central issue,
wavelength dependency. Indeed, since Lord Rayleigh first provided the
formulation to account for the blueness of the sky, numerous
quantitative descriptions of scattering phenomena have been proposed
with equally varying implications for wavelength dependence. Accounts of
the most relevant physical theories are given in simple language. These
theories have been called upon, at the most basic level, to account for
the transparency of the ocular components, and at the highest level, how
visual perception can be affected. Descriptions of the microanatomy of
each of the major ocular components are made with reference to the
various physical theories. Additional emphasis is given to the various
methodologies by which intraocular light scattering is measured as well
as the effects of aging and disease.