Vision and art : the biology of seeing / by Margaret Livingstone ; foreword by David Hubel.
Vision and art : the biology of seeing / by Margaret Livingstone ; foreword by David Hubel.
Vision and art : the biology of seeing / by Margaret Livingstone ; foreword by David Hubel.
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Publisher
New York, N.Y. : Harry N. Abrams, c2002.
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NQ750.18/7
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English
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Physical content
208 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Contents
Foreword / David Hubel -- 1. Fiat Lux: Let There Be Light -- 2. The Eye and Color Vision -- 3. Luminance and Night Vision -- 4. The First Stages of Processing Color and Luminance: Where and What -- 5. Acuity and Spatial Resolution: Central and Peripheral Vision -- 6. The Next Level of Color Processi...
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Publisher
New York, N.Y. : Harry N. Abrams, c2002.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2002.
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"Accompanying Livingstone's lively and lucid prose are many easy-to-understand charts and diagrams that clarify her points. Some of these illustrations are based on simple and elegant experiments that show us how the human visual system translates light into color. Others demonstrate how cells in the retina code information and send it to the brain...
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Vision and art : the biology of seeing / by Margaret Livingstone ; foreword by David Hubel.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 204) and index.
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c2002.
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NQ750.18/7
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74VvjNv00NZM
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ISBN
0810904063
9780810904064
DDC
750.18
MMS ID
991015219049702626
