The eye
Subtitle: a very short introduction
By: Michael F. Land
Series: Very short introductions -- 388; Very short introductions -- 388.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 105
ISBN-13: 9780199680306
Subjects: Growth; Eye; Vision
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The first eyes; title: Making better eyes; title: The human eye; title: The moving eye; title: The third dimension; title: Colour; title: Seeing and the brain; title: When vision fails.