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Author Land, Michael F., author.

Title Eyes to see : the astonishing variety of vision in nature / Michael Land.

Publication Info. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 198 pages) : illustrations
data file rda
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Early eyes -- Compound eyes and insect vision -- Vision in the ocean -- Establishing indentity -- Where do people look? -- The mind's eye -- The evolution of vision.
Summary The spectacular capacity to see the world around them has evolved in many different ways among animals. From scallops and jumping spiders to humans, Michael Land explores the extraordinary variety of eyes in nature, how they work, and how they enable their bearers to survive.
Subject Eye -- Variation.
Vision.
Eye -- Evolution.
Anatomy, Comparative.
Physiology, Comparative.
Evolution (Biology)
Vision, Ocular.
Anatomy, Comparative.
Physiology, Comparative.
sight (sense)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Physical.
Physiology, Comparative. (OCoLC)fst01063206
Eye -- Evolution. (OCoLC)fst00919156
Evolution (Biology) (OCoLC)fst00917302
Anatomy, Comparative. (OCoLC)fst00808455
Eye. (OCoLC)fst00919113
Vision. (OCoLC)fst01167852
Other Form: Print version: Land, Michael F. Eyes to see. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018 0198747713 9780198747710 (OCoLC)1027834031
ISBN 9780191064852 (electronic book)
0191064858 (electronic book)
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