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" The discovery of a visual system : "
Adrian Horridge
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BL
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| Record Number
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856651
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| Main Entry
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Horridge, G. Adrian
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| Title & Author
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The discovery of a visual system : : the honeybee /\ Adrian Horridge
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| Publication Statement
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Boston, MA :: CABI,, [2019]
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1 online resource :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1789240905
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: 1789240913
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: 9781789240900
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: 9781789240917
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1789240891
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9781789240894
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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| Contents
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The difficult birth of honeybee colour vision -- No way to untie the spell -- Innovation, deep thought and hard work -- The fundamentals of the insect compound eye -- How bees distinguish colours and modulation -- Feature detectors, cues resolution, preferences and coincidences -- Symmetry and asymmetry: signposts in route finding -- Bee vision is not adapted for pattern or shape -- The visual control of flight -- The route to the goal and back again -- What was not mentioned -- What we learned
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| Abstract
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This book presents a new and controversial theory of how honeybees see the world from one of the world's most eminent neuroscientists. It also explores the fascinating history of this field of endeavour.
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Honeybee-- Physiology.
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Vision-- Research.
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Honeybee-- Physiology.
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Vision-- Research.
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| Dewey Classification
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595.79/9
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| LC Classification
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QL568.A6
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