From Photon to Neuron
Download or Read eBook From Photon to Neuron PDF written by Philip Nelson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Philip Nelson |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 512 |
| Release | : 2017-05-09 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780691175195 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0691175195 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis From Photon to Neuron by : Philip Nelson
Book excerpt: 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
