A natural history of seeing : the art and science of vision / Simon Ings.
- Ings, Simon.
- Date:
- 2008
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Description
An accessible evaluation of the science and philosophy of seeing explains how only one percent of what the eye sees is in focus at a given time, in an account that traces the evolution of sight while discussing such related topics as light physics and Leonardo da Vinci's theories of perception.
Publication/Creation
New York ; London : W.W. Norton, 2008.
Physical description
322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 22 cm
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Edition
1st American ed.
Notes
Reprint. Originally published: The eye : a natural history. London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2007.
Contents
Prologue: youth and age -- The commonwealth of the senses -- The chemistry of the eye -- How are eyes possible? -- The adaptable eye -- Seeing and thinking -- Theories of vision -- Nervous matter, visually endowed -- Seeing colours -- Unseen colours -- Making eyes to see -- Epilogue: the invisible gorilla.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-310) and index.
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Location Status History of MedicineQ.FOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 9780393067194
- 039306719X