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Description for Human Eye
Paperback. Readable, clear text and hundreds of original anatomical drawings are accompanied by a series of text boxes discussing anatomical methods and ocular surgery, as well as historical 'vignettes', which illustrate how we have come to understand the eye as we do. Num Pages: 766 pages, 575 illustrations. BIC Classification: PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 272 x 203 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1846.
Published by Sinauer Associates, an imprint of Oxford University Press. We are a highly visual species. Most of our information about the world comes to us through our eyes and most of our cultural and intellectual heritage is stored and transmitted as words and images to which our vision gives access and meaning. Knowing more about our eyes and vision is, therefore, one path to better understanding ourselves. And, as it happens, the human eye is a fairly representative vertebrate eye; knowing more about it tells us much about the eyes of other animals and about how they view ... Read more
Published by Sinauer Associates, an imprint of Oxford University Press. We are a highly visual species. Most of our information about the world comes to us through our eyes and most of our cultural and intellectual heritage is stored and transmitted as words and images to which our vision gives access and meaning. Knowing more about our eyes and vision is, therefore, one path to better understanding ourselves. And, as it happens, the human eye is a fairly representative vertebrate eye; knowing more about it tells us much about the eyes of other animals and about how they view ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Sinauer Associates Incorporated
Number of pages
766
Condition
New
Number of Pages
766
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780878936441
SKU
V9780878936441
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Ref
99-2
About Oyster C
Clyde W. Oyster is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physiological Optics of the School of Optometry at The University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Reviews for Human Eye
This is an elegant and immensely satisfying book on the anatomy and functioning of the human eye. Its breadth and depth make it appropriate for both vision practitioners and upper undergraduates and graduate students interested in vision research. This is a landmark book on the eye which belongs in every biological, optometric and ophthalmological library."
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