Title:
The eye : a very short introduction / Michael F. Land.
Author:
Land, Michael F., author.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Call Number:
QL949 .L36 2014
Abstract:
The eye is one of the most remarkable achievements of evolution, evolving up to 40 times in different parts of the animal kingdom. For humans, vision is the most important sense, and much of our brains are used to process visual information.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780199680306
Series:
Very short introductions ; 388
Very short introductions ; 388.
Physical Description:
xvii, 105 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Contents:
The first eyes -- Making better eyes -- The human eye -- The moving eye -- The third dimension -- Colour -- Seeing and the brain -- When vision fails
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