Many people think their eyes are OK if they can read the acuity chart. This is about as useful as kicking the tires on a used car.
David Williams
About the book:
Consistent diagrams and clear explanations will aid understanding about the eye and its problems. With this book in hand, you are on your way to recognizing many of the amazing facts about the eye:
our embryonic closeness to fish
why 20 feet is close to infinity
why we don't see the world upside down
how the macula may resist vision loss
why the retina is a piece of wandering brain tissue
how motion pictures trick our brain
how light can be bent to improve our vision
the impact of general health on the eye
why the retinal pigment epithelial cells are big eaters
About the author:
Dr. David Williams is a Professor Emeritus of the School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, where he taught in the areas of general and ocular disease and authored 158 publications. This book is based on 50 years of clinical experience related to the eye and eye problems.
