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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 eyes and finds a seat . " 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 eyes and finds a seat . " Sometimes adaptation occurs in the sense organ itself as in this case ; sometimes it occurs at ...
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... eyes of the scientist and sends nerve messages along his optic nerves to his brain and is there switched around and juggled and changed and even- tually comes out as a thoroughly subjective observation . So , perhaps to know the fly one ...
... eyes of the scientist and sends nerve messages along his optic nerves to his brain and is there switched around and juggled and changed and even- tually comes out as a thoroughly subjective observation . So , perhaps to know the fly one ...
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