The backbone of the book consists of the 16 chapters on eye anatomy and physiology, but these are leavened by a variety of devices to inform us of the eye's evolution, development and intellectual ...

The retina is an extremely complex structure. It's made up of at least ... detecting motion and basic visual information. It is the rods that become highly specialized in nocturnal animals.

The retina is an extremely complex structure. It's made up of at least ... detecting motion and basic visual information. It is the rods that become highly specialized in nocturnal animals.