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Animal eyes [[electronic resource] /] / Michael F Land, Dan-Eric Nilsson
| Animal eyes [[electronic resource] /] / Michael F Land, Dan-Eric Nilsson |
| Autore | Land Michael F |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, NY, : Oxford University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
| Disciplina | 573.8/8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | NilssonDan-Eric |
| Collana | Oxford animal biology series |
| Soggetto topico |
Eye
Zoology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
6613625213
1-280-59538-8 9786613625212 0-19-162423-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; 1 The origin of vision; The first eyes; Evolution of the essential components of visual systems; Evolution of visual function; The diversity of eye design; Summary; 2 Light and vision; The nature of light; Light intensity; Contrast; Wavelength and colour; Polarization; Summary; 3 What makes a good eye?; Fundamentals; Resolution; Sensitivity; Conclusions; Summary; 4 Aquatic eyes: the evolution of the lens; Evolutionary origins; Pinhole eyes: giant clams and Nautilus; Under-focused lens eyes; Forming a sharp image; Eyes of fish and cephalopods; Matching eye to environment
Eyes with non-spherical lensesSummary; 5 Lens eyes on land; A new optical surface; Basic optics of cornea and lens; Variations on the lens/cornea theme in land vertebrates; Amphibious eyes; Invertebrate eyes with corneal optics; Summary; 6 Mirrors in animals; Mirrors in eyes; The physical optics of animal reflectors; Uses of photonic reflectors in structures other than eyes; Summary; 7 Apposition compound eyes; Origins; A little history: apposition and neural superposition; Basic optics; Ecological variations in apposition design; The anomalous eyes of strepsipterans and trilobites; Summary 8 Superposition eyesIntroduction-the nature of superposition imagery; Refracting superposition; Superposition and afocal apposition: the eyes of butterflies; Reflecting superposition; Parabolic superposition; Summary; 9 Movements of the eyes; Sampling the world in space and time; How humans acquire visual information; Are other animals like us?; Insect flight behaviour seen as eye movement; Translational saccades: head-bobbing in birds; Why not let the eyes wander? Some consequences of image motion; Exceptions: rotational scanning by one-dimensional retinae; Summary Principal symbols used in the textReferences; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461085303321 |
Land Michael F
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| Oxford ; ; New York, NY, : Oxford University Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Animal eyes [[electronic resource] /] / Michael F Land, Dan-Eric Nilsson
| Animal eyes [[electronic resource] /] / Michael F Land, Dan-Eric Nilsson |
| Autore | Land Michael F |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, NY, : Oxford University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
| Disciplina | 573.8/8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | NilssonDan-Eric |
| Collana | Oxford animal biology series |
| Soggetto topico |
Eye
Zoology |
| ISBN |
6613625213
1-280-59538-8 9786613625212 0-19-162423-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; 1 The origin of vision; The first eyes; Evolution of the essential components of visual systems; Evolution of visual function; The diversity of eye design; Summary; 2 Light and vision; The nature of light; Light intensity; Contrast; Wavelength and colour; Polarization; Summary; 3 What makes a good eye?; Fundamentals; Resolution; Sensitivity; Conclusions; Summary; 4 Aquatic eyes: the evolution of the lens; Evolutionary origins; Pinhole eyes: giant clams and Nautilus; Under-focused lens eyes; Forming a sharp image; Eyes of fish and cephalopods; Matching eye to environment
Eyes with non-spherical lensesSummary; 5 Lens eyes on land; A new optical surface; Basic optics of cornea and lens; Variations on the lens/cornea theme in land vertebrates; Amphibious eyes; Invertebrate eyes with corneal optics; Summary; 6 Mirrors in animals; Mirrors in eyes; The physical optics of animal reflectors; Uses of photonic reflectors in structures other than eyes; Summary; 7 Apposition compound eyes; Origins; A little history: apposition and neural superposition; Basic optics; Ecological variations in apposition design; The anomalous eyes of strepsipterans and trilobites; Summary 8 Superposition eyesIntroduction-the nature of superposition imagery; Refracting superposition; Superposition and afocal apposition: the eyes of butterflies; Reflecting superposition; Parabolic superposition; Summary; 9 Movements of the eyes; Sampling the world in space and time; How humans acquire visual information; Are other animals like us?; Insect flight behaviour seen as eye movement; Translational saccades: head-bobbing in birds; Why not let the eyes wander? Some consequences of image motion; Exceptions: rotational scanning by one-dimensional retinae; Summary Principal symbols used in the textReferences; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790149703321 |
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Land Michael F
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| Oxford ; ; New York, NY, : Oxford University Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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