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Comparative Physiology and Evolution of Vision in Invertebrates

Part of the book series: Handbook of Sensory Physiology ((1536,volume 7 / 6 / 6 A))

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Comparative physiology is the biologic science which begins with man, in order to understand man. To understand man (biologically) means to know how evolution has brought him into existence, to reveal the functions of organs, their mechanisms of operation and their roles as parts of the organism, and to satisfy the human urge to discover the laws of nature and to create order where diversity prevails, whether for the sake of the laws themselves or for the sake of the power that knowledge brings.

“One might say that nature has taken delight in accumulating contradictions.” H. v. Helmholtz

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