A natural history of seeing : the art and science of vision / Simon Ings.
By: Ings, Simon.
New York : W.W. Norton, ©2008Edition: 1st American ed.Description: 322 pages ; ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780393067194.Uniform titles: Eye. Subject(s): Vision | EyeGenre/Form: Print books.Online resources: Table of contents only| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | QP475.5 .I54 2008 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000014482 |
Reprint. Originally published: The eye : a natural history. London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-310) and index.
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.