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Author Land, Michael F., author.

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

Publication Info. Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 FSCC Non-Fiction  573.88 L2291e 2014    ---  Available
Description xvii, 105 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Series Very short introductions ; 388
Very short introductions ; 388.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject Eye.
Eye -- Growth.
Vision.
Eye.
Eye -- Growth.
Vision.
Auge.
Sehen.
ISBN 9780199680306
0199680302

 
    
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