Animal Eyes

Animal Eyes
ISBN-10
0198575645
ISBN-13
9780198575641
Series
Animal Eyes
Category
Science
Pages
221
Language
English
Published
2002
Authors
Michael F. Land, Dan-Eric Nilsson

Description

Animal Eyes aims to provide a comprehensive account of all known types of eye. It takes the diversity of optical mechanisms as a framework, but many other aspects of the structure and function of eyes are examined. Visual ecology, for example, the way that eyes are specifically adapted to thelifestyles of the animals that bear them, is another important theme. The 'design philosophy' of eyes is explored, too: what are the physical constraints on the way that an eye performs its functions, and how are these addressed by the different types of eye? Early and closing chapters look at theproperties of light critical to vision, and factors in eye adaptation like spatial resolution, sensitivity, and movement, while the central sections assess the capabilities of a wide variety of eye types.

Other editions

  • Animal Eyes
    • 2012-03-01
    • 271 pages
    • Paperback
    • Oxford University Press
  • Animal Eyes
    • 2012-03-01
    • 288 pages
    • Ebook
    • OUP Oxford
  • Animal Eyes
    • 2011-09-01
    • 12 pages
    • Paperback
    • Teacher Created Materials
  • Animal Eyes
    • 2011-02-01
    • 36 pages
    • Paperback
    • Charlesbridge

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