A Natural History of Seeing: The Art and Science of Vision
the art and science of vision
$91.99
- Hardcover
322 pages
- Release Date
14 December 2012
Summary
Unveiling the Secrets: A Natural History of Seeing
We spend about one-tenth of our waking hours completely blind, and only one percent of what we see is in focus at any one time. Surprisingly, 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 the evolution of sight and the evolution o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780393067194 |
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| ISBN-10: | 039306719X |
| Author: | Simon Ings |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 322 |
| Release Date: | 14 December 2012 |
| Weight: | 644g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 145mm x 211mm |
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About The Author
Simon Ings
Simon Ings’s most recent novel is “The Weight of Numbers”. His science features and interviews have appeared in magazines as diverse as “New Scientist, Wired”, and “Dazed and Confused”. Ings lives in London.
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