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008 140106s2014 enka fo| 001 0 eng|d
020 _a9780191779961 (ebook) :
_cNo price
041 _aeng
082 0 4 _a612.84
_223
100 1 _aLand, Michael F.,
_eauthor.
_91480623
245 1 4 _aThe eye :
_ba very short introduction /
_cMichael F. Land.
260 1 _a[Oxford] :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2014.
300 _a1 online resource :
_billustrations (black and white).
490 1 _aVery short introductions
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 8 _aThe 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.
588 _aDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 14, 2014).
650 0 _aEye.
650 0 _aVision.
856 4 0 _3Click Here
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780199680306.001.0001
887 _aAkhil Chandra Saren
942 _cEBK
999 _c1588043
_d1588043