The Vertebrate Eye and its Adaptive Radiation.
The Vertebrate Eye and its Adaptive Radiation.
复制标题
脊椎动物的眼睛及其自适应辐射。
DOI：
10.1037/h0051702
复制
发表时间：
1944
影响因子：
22.4
通讯作者：
M. Zigler
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
M. Zigler
评论GL Walls的《脊椎动物的眼睛及其适应性辐射》一书（见记录1943-00068-000）。这本书提供了一个帐户的眼睛和它的能力，从一般生物效用的立场，而不是从更传统的解剖学，生理学，眼科，心理物理学，心理生理学，组织学或病理学的立场。这本书分为三个主要部分，每个部分包含六章。第一部分是“基本”（139页）；第二部分，“生态”（410页）；第三部分，“概要”（136页）。有一个扩展的参考书目（24页），和一个详细的索引和术语表（64页），书中包含197个插图。至于作者宣称要对脊椎动物的眼睛及其表现进行“进步”治疗的雄心壮志，目前的审稿人感到必须诚实地宣布他没有成功。这本书的三个部分并没有真正代表一个进步的发展，而是关注眼睛和视觉的三个本质上不同的方面。沃尔斯博士为眼睛及其功能的研究奠定了广泛的基础。比较方法的使用提供了范围的广度，而遗传方法的使用提供了视角。然而，有远见的学生会发现许多地方的计划只是粗略地概述了一下。（PsycINFO数据库记录(c) 2016 APA，版权所有）
Reviews the book The Vertebrate Eye and its Adaptive Radiation by GL Walls (see record 1943-00068-000). This book provides an account of the eye and its capacities from the standpoint of general biological utility, rather than from the more conventional standpoints of anatomy, physiology, ophthalmology, psychophysics, psychophysiology, histology, or pathology. The book is divided into three principal parts, each containing six chapters. Part I is" basic"(139 pages); Part II," ecologic"(410 pages); and Part III," synoptic"(136 pages). There is an extended bibliography (24 pages), and a detailed index and glossary (64 pages), The book contains 197 illustrations. With regard to the author's professed ambition to produce a" progressive" treatment of the vertebrate eye and its performances, the present reviewer feels bound in all honesty to submit the pronouncement that he has not succeeded. The three parts of the book do not truly represent a progressive development, but are concerned with three essentially diverse aspects of the eye and vision. Dr. Walls has laid a broad groundwork for the study of the eye and its functions. The use of the comparative method gives breadth of scope, and the utilization of the genetic method provides perspective. However, students of vision will find many places where the plan is only sketchily outlined.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)