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kinship because their great eyes are motionless , pupilless , and stare out blankly on the world ? Whatever the answer may be , the fact remains that he whose heart shudders at the thought of working with vertebrates has little compunc ...
kinship because their great eyes are motionless , pupilless , and stare out blankly on the world ? Whatever the answer may be , the fact remains that he whose heart shudders at the thought of working with vertebrates has little compunc ...
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... eyes on the cells . The trick is to take ad- vantage of a phenomenon called adaptation . Adaptation is nothing more or less than getting used to a condition . Even children are aware of this , as witness the little girl about to go into ...
... eyes on the cells . The trick is to take ad- vantage of a phenomenon called adaptation . Adaptation is nothing more or less than getting used to a condition . Even children are aware of this , as witness the little girl about to go into ...
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... eyes closed ? " " Well , you see , " answered the older of the two , “ when we get in the dark , she opens her and finds a seat . " eyes Sometimes adaptation occurs in the sense organ itself as in this case ; sometimes it occurs at ...
... eyes closed ? " " Well , you see , " answered the older of the two , “ when we get in the dark , she opens her and finds a seat . " eyes Sometimes adaptation occurs in the sense organ itself as in this case ; sometimes it occurs at ...
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