TY - BOOK AU - Land,Michael F. TI - The eye: a very short introduction T2 - Very short introductions SN - 9780191779961 (ebook) : U1 - 612.84 23 PY - 2014/// CY - [Oxford] PB - Oxford University Press KW - Eye KW - Vision N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The eye is one of the most remarkable achievements of evolution, and has evolved up to 40 times in different parts of the animal kingdom. In humans, vision is the most important sense, and much of the brain is given over to the processing of visual information. This book describes the evolution of vision and the variety of eyes found in both humans and animals UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780199680306.001.0001 ER -