Animal Eyes /

This text covers the way that all known types of eyes work, from their optics to the behaviour they guide. The ways that eyes sample the world in space and time are considered, and the evolutionary origins of eyes are discussed.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Land, Michael F. (Author), Nilsson, Dan-Eric (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Text in English.
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Edition:	Second edition.
Series:	Oxford animal biology series.
Subjects:	Vision. Eye. Senses and sensation. Face. Sense organs. Head. Cellular signal transduction. Anatomy. Psychophysiology. Cell physiology. Eye > Physiology. Light Signal Transduction Ocular Physiological Phenomena Sensation Eukaryota Face Sense Organs Organisms Head Signal Transduction Anatomy Nervous System Physiological Phenomena Psychophysiology Body Regions Phenomena and Processes Cell Physiological Phenomena Psychological Phenomena and Processes Biochemical Phenomena Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena Chemical Phenomena Psychiatry and Psychology Vision, Ocular Eye Animals Œil. Œil > Physiologie. Sens et sensations. Organes des sens. Tête. Transduction du signal cellulaire. Anatomie. Psychophysiologie. Cellules > Physiologie. sight (sense) anatomy. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical. Senses and sensation Sense organs Cellular signal transduction Cell physiology Vision Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

The origin of vision
Light and vision
What makes a good eye?
Aquatic eyes : the evolution of the lens
Lens eyes on land
Mirrors in animals
Apposition compound eyes
Superposition eyes
Movements of the eyes.