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A Natural History of Vision
Language: en
Pages: 492
Authors: Nicholas J. Wade
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-01-31 - Publisher: MIT Press

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This illustrated survey covers what Nicholas Wade calls the "observational era of vision," beginning with the Greek philosophers and ending with Wheatstone's de
A Natural History of the Senses
Language: en
Pages: 354
Authors: Diane Ackerman
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-12-07 - Publisher: Vintage

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Diane Ackerman's lusciously written grand tour of the realm of the senses includes conversations with an iceberg in Antarctica and a professional nose in New Yo
The Eye
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Simon Ings
Categories: Evolution (Biology)
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks

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We spend about one-tenth of our waking hours completely blind - only one percent of what we see is in focus at any one time. You don't need eyes to see - blind
To Know the World
Language: en
Pages: 287
Authors: Mitchell Thomashow
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-03 - Publisher: MIT Press

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Why environmental learning is crucial for understanding the connected challenges of climate justice, tribalism, inequity, democracy, and human flourishing. How
Evolution's Witness
Language: en
Pages: 323
Authors: Ivan R. Schwab
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-05 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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"The evolution of the eye spans 3.75 billion years from single cell organisms with eyespots to Metazoa with superb camera style eyes. At least ten different ocu
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