[PDF.67go] A Natural History of Seeing: The Art and Science of Vision

A Natural History of Seeing: The Art and Science of Vision

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 | #1062616 in Books |  2008-10-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.60 x1.10 x5.80l,1.15 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

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||14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.| More Isaak Walton Than Isaac Newton|By Gio|"A Natural History of Seeing" is not a textbook in optics nor a 'history of science' in the usual sense. Simon Ings is not an ophthalmologist or an academic scientist. He's a writer. But he's also a superbly diligent researcher; the closest comparison would be, I think, to John McPhee, and this densely interesting book reminds me of|From Booklist|Ings avoids a conventional approach to his subject, the sense of sight, opting instead for an eclectic presentation. Although he brings in the people who discovered the anatomy, chemistry,

The science, history, philosophy, and mythology of how and why we see the way we do.

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. There is no direct fossil evidence for the evolution of the eye. In graceful, accessible prose, novelist and science writer Simon Ings sets out to solve these and other mysteries of seeing.A Natural History of Seeing delves into both...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.A Natural History of Seeing: The Art and Science of Vision   |  Simon Ings. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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