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Robert W. Rodieck - The First Steps in Seeing - 9780878937578 - V9780878937578
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The First Steps in Seeing

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Description for The First Steps in Seeing Hardcover. This work examines the fundamental processes of the eye, looking at its constituant parts and describing how they work together in different types of conditions, and how they are controlled by the brain. Num Pages: 600 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MJN; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 288 x 228 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1892.
This book describes how we see. It is about the eyes, how they capture an image and convert it to the neural messages that result in visual experience. The First Steps in Seeing has been written in a manner that is understandable to all. The number of technical terms has been restricted, and those that are used are illustrated with hundreds of full-colour pictures, icons and graphs.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Sinauer Associates
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
Number of Pages
546
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780878937578
SKU
V9780878937578
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-4

About Robert W. Rodieck
ROBERT W. RODIECK is Bishop Professor Emeritus in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Washington, and the author of The Vertebrate Retina (1973).

Reviews for The First Steps in Seeing
The First Steps in Seeing synthesizes our understanding of the eye and retina in a way that is at once enjoyable to read, clearly presented and gorgeously illustrated. Complex subjects, ranging from biochemical pathways to the mathematical underpinnings of the relevant optics, chemistry and photometry, are elegantly explained. The author has indeed given us all some new ways to think ... Read more

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