THE EYE: A NATURAL HISTORY

Book ID/图书代码： 02000006B08095

English Summary/英文概要： We spend about one-tenth of our waking hours completely blind. Only one percent of what we see is in focus at any one time. We exist in a world we see that’s always about half a second behind the real one. In fact you don’t need eyes to see .Wasps can’t see, but map their surroundings instead. If we are stared at, our heartbeat rises and our galvanic skin response alters. Without eyes, would minds exist at all? Be prepared to have your eyes opened! Using a spellbinding mix of scientific research, mathematics, philosophy, history, neuroscience, anecdote and language theory, in "The Eye", Simon Ings unravels brilliantly the never-ending puzzle of how and why we see in the way that we do. From looking at the work of a huge range of theorists and scientists, to myths and personal experiences, and with the help of a beguiling mix of illustrated visual conundrums and enigmas, Ings triumphs with a compelling dissection of the age-old mysteries of the eye that’s both seriously interesting and interestingly fun. He tells the eye’s whole story for the very first time,this is popular science of the highest order.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 虽然我们有明亮的双眼，但在我们的一生中，有百分之九十的时间，我们过着如同瞎子般的日子，仅仅只有百分之一的时间我们是在真正好好利用着自己的双眼。我们活在这个世界上所看到的一切，经常只是半真半假的。事实上，你的双眼有时根本就派不上任何用处。胡蜂是看不见东西的，但却绘制出他们周遭的环境。如果我们专注的凝视某样东西，我们会听见自己心脏不断跳动的声音，而我们的皮肤也会起变化。如果没有了双眼，我们是否会一如既往的思索纳？随时都睁大你的双眼吧！本书完美的结合了科学研究、数学、哲学、历史、神经科学、人文佚事和语言理论来探究眼部科学。作者Simon Ings 解开了总是让人迷惑不解的难题，我们为什么又是如何看得见东西的。从大量理论家和科学家的调查工作，到各种迷信和个人经历，还有大量用插图做解释的灯谜和谜语，这些都帮助Ings从更丰富多彩的角度上探究了眼睛古老的不可思议的秘密故事，这些都不但十分的让人乐不思蜀，而且也十分的有趣。在书中，他首次公开了许多关于眼睛的故事，以简单易懂的叙述方式让最高深十分具有科学性的理论更易让人接受和普及。

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