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The Evolution of the Eye / by Georg Glaeser, Hannes F. Paulus.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glaeser, Georg, author.
- Paulus, Hannes F., 1943- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular works.
- Animal ecology.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Zoology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition 2015.
- Contained In:
- Springer eBooks
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
- System Details:
- Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- With fascinating, spectacularly beautiful images, the book piques readers' curiosity about the diversity of visual organs. This book is the result of a dual approach - scientific as well as aesthetic. The compelling images are accompanied by an easy-to-read, understandable text, aimed at both scientists and the educated public, and generally anyone interested in the beauty of nature. Thanks to this combination, the book presents the staggering diversity of eyes in the animal kingdom and provides countless insights into the intriguing mechanisms at work - from simple pigment cups to independently flexible, telescopic, facet and lens eyes. Educational, exciting, entertaining till the last page, this is a book for anyone who is interested in evolution, nature, and the miracle of life.
- Contents:
- Thoughts about evolution
- Lens eyes or facet eyes?
- The world is 3D
- The limits of clarity
- Simple or simplified?
- Above and below the water
- Pax and homology
- Alternative senses
- A world of color
- The language of our eyes.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 9783319174761
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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