From photon to neuron : light, imaging, vision
/ Philip Nelson ; with the assistance of Sarina Bromberg, Ann M. Hermundstad, and Jesse M. Kinder
- xxviii,482 pages : illustrations (some color)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-466) and index.
What is light? Photons and life Color vision How photons know where to go Optical phenomena and life Direct image formation Imaging as inference Imaging by X-ray diffraction Vision in dim light The mechanism of visual transduction The first synapse and beyond Electrons, photons, and the Feynman principle Field quantization, polarization, and the orientation of a single molecule Quantum-mechanical theory of FRET