Thus, when it seemed that a new edition was desirable, especially in view of the enormous strides made and the vast literature that had accumulated in the past 20 years, one of us (MAA) asked Dr. Everyone liked it, particularly the students because one could read it quickly and understand it. The genius of Katherine Tansley was to present in a succinct (132 pages) and lucid way a clear and an interesting survey of the matter. However, they are essentially specialised reference works and are not easily accessible to boot. Rochon-Duvigneaud's "Les Yeux et la Vision des Vertebres" have served as important sources of information on the subject and continue to do so even though it is 40 years since they appeared. Gordon Walls' "The Vertebrate Eye and It. It did so by serving at once as a text-book: for an undergraduate course, a general introduction to the subject for post-graduate students embarking on research on some aspect of vision, and the interested non-specialists. Katherine Tansley's "Vision in Vertebrates" appeared in 1965, it filled a real void that had hitherto existed.
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