LEADER 03785nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910454524203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-72259-6 010 $a9786611722593 010 $a0-300-13352-9 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300133523 035 $a(CKB)1000000000714090 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022168116 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000281439 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11253960 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281439 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10307596 035 $a(PQKB)10245718 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000157723 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3419873 035 $a(DE-B1597)485174 035 $a(OCoLC)1024004653 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300133523 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3419873 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10167922 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL172259 035 $a(OCoLC)923587321 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000714090 100 $a20000713d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLife under the sun$b[electronic resource] /$fPeter A. Ensminger 210 $aNew Haven, CT $cYale University Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xii, 276 p.) ) $cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-08804-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [201]-258) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1 .Vision at the Threshold -- $t2. The Five Percent Solution to Vision -- $t3. A More Delightful Vision -- $t4 .A Burning Issue -- $t5. A SAD Tale -- $t6 .The Purple Disease -- $t7 .A Novel Method of Weed Control -- $t8 .Light and Beer -- $t9. Phycomyces, the Fungus That Sees -- $t10. Dictyostelium, the Amoeba and the Slug -- $t11. High Hopes for Hypericin -- $t12 .Turning on a Butterfly -- $t13 .Blue Moons and Red Tides -- $t14. Photosynthesis and the Great Salt Lake -- $t15. Too Much of a Good Thing -- $tAppendix: A Menagerie of Molecules -- $tNotes -- $tGlossary -- $tIndex 330 $aWhich fungus is as sensitive to light as the human eye? What are the myths and facts about the ozone hole, tanning, skin cancer, and sunscreens? What is the effect of light on butterfly copulation? This entertaining collection of essays explores how various organisms-including archaebacteria, slime molds, fungi, plants, insects, and humans-sense and respond to sunlight.The essays in Peter A. Ensminger's book cover vision, photosynthesis, and phototropism, as well as such unusual topics as the reason why light causes beer to develop a "skunky" odor. He introduces us to the kinds of eyes that have evolved in different animals, including those in a species of shrimp that is ostensibly eyeless; gives us a better appreciation of color vision; explains how plowing fields at night may be used to control weeds; and tells about variegate porphyria, a metabolic disease that makes people very sensitive to sunlight and may have afflicted King George III of England.These engaging essays present a complicated yet fascinating subject in an accessible way. The book will be treasured by anyone interested in the wonders of biology. 606 $aPhotobiology 606 $aPhotoreceptors 606 $aLight$xPhysiological effect 606 $aVision 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPhotobiology. 615 0$aPhotoreceptors. 615 0$aLight$xPhysiological effect. 615 0$aVision. 676 $a571.4/55 700 $aEnsminger$b Peter A.$f1957-$01044152 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454524203321 996 $aLife under the sun$92469609 997 $aUNINA