The eye : a very short introduction / Michael F. Land.

By:

Land, Michael F

Series: Very short introductions ; 388.Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014Description: xvii, 105 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780199680306
0199680302

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

573.88 23

LOC classification:

QL949 .L263 2014

Contents:

The first eyes -- Making better eyes -- The human eye -- The moving eye -- The third dimension -- Colour -- Seeing and the brain -- When vision fails

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The first eyes -- Making better eyes -- The human eye -- The moving eye -- The third dimension -- Colour -- Seeing and the brain -- When vision fails

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.