Table of Contents

1. The origin of vision; 2. Light and vision; 3. What makes a good eye?; 4. Aquatic eyes: the evolution of the lens; 5. Lens eyes on land; 6. Mirrors in animals; 7. Apposition compound eyes; 8. Superposition eyes; 9. Movements of the eyes

Reviews

The novelty and skilled treatment of the subject matter make it a unique and valuable work. It should be in the library of every college, university, and school of optometry. The Quarterly Review of Biology Charming and excellent book ... Land and Nilsson are acknowledged authorities on invertebrate optics, and their collaboration in this book is a very successful one ... Their handling of the mathematical aspects of optics is elegant and remarkably penetrating. The Quarterly Review of Biology