Polarized Light in Animal Vision
Subtitle: Polarization Patterns in Nature
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 12, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9783540404576
Subjects: Neurosciences; Zoology & animal sciences; Vision; Physiological aspects; General; Science; Psychology; Physiology, Comparative; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Life Sciences - Zoology - General; Neuroscience; Science / Zoology; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Animal orientation; Polarization (Light)
First sentence: Biologists dealing with polarization sensitivity of animals, or engineers designing robots using polarization-sensitive imaging detectors, for example, need a technique to measure the spatial distribution of polarization in the optical environment.