Infinite Vision
Title | Infinite Vision PDF eBook |
Author | Pavithra K. Mehta |
Publisher | Berrett-Koehler Publishers |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2011-11-07 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1605099791 |
The Aravind Eye Care System, based in India, is the world's largest provider of high-quality eye care. It is also one of the world's most incredible and revolutionary organizations. This is the first book to explore Aravind's history and the distinctive philosophies, practices, and commitments that are the keys to its success.
An Insight to Sports
Title | An Insight to Sports PDF eBook |
Author | Wayne F. Martin |
Publisher | Sports Vision |
Pages | 147 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Athletes |
ISBN | 9780961489502 |
Through the Eyes of Women
Title | Through the Eyes of Women PDF eBook |
Author | Jeanne Stevenson Moessner |
Publisher | |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Religion |
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A comprehensive survey of care of women, by women, from a religious standpoint results from the collaboration of nineteen leading women in the field of pastoral care. Subjects include the role of women in pastoral theology and pastoral care, care of African American women, and of women entering ministry. The book treats anger, aggression, lesbian identities, loss of mothers, eating disorders, hysterectomy, mastectomy, rape, and older women's issues. The volume concludes with women's spiritual care, community, self-sacrifice, and self-denial.
With Fresh Eyes
Title | With Fresh Eyes PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Wingate |
Publisher | Kregel Publications |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 2021-10-26 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0825446813 |
What miracles do we miss when we close our eyes to the wonder of everyday moments? In this busy, jaded world of ours, we often take for granted what we see every day. We may set aside time to spend with God in a quiet room, but we struggle to see his hand in a traffic jam or while walking the dog. But for Karen Wingate, sight itself is something extraordinary, and what our eyes can reveal is even more astounding. Karen lived most of her life with severely limited sight due to a cluster of disorders stemming from a genetic defect. But through the chance outcome of a surgery, she regained sight in one eye that doubled her visual acuity--and allowed her to see things she had never seen before. And as she discovered a more detailed world for the first time, she also began to see God in every new discovery--from the prosaic numbers of a bathroom scale to the glory of sunsets. With Fresh Eyes invites readers to not only celebrate the gift of their own sight but also reawaken the wonder of what they observe in creation--great and small--and how God is working in everyday moments. In each of her sixty meditations, Karen's humor and whimsy draw a connection between physical sight and spiritual understanding that will leave readers with a renewed joy and delight in what is good and beautiful, and will reassure them that God still works in the lives of his people.
Eyes to See
Title | Eyes to See PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Land |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 2018-11-15 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0191064866 |
Vision is the sense by which we and other animals obtain most of our information about the world around us. Darwin appreciated that at first sight it seems absurd that the human eye could have evolved by natural selection. But we now know far more about vision, the many times it has independently evolved in nature, and the astonishing variety of ways to see. The human eye, with a lens forming an image on a sensitive retina, represents just one. Scallops, shrimps, and lobsters all use mirrors in different ways. Jumping spiders scan with their front-facing eyes to check whether the object in front is an insect to eat, another spider to mate with, or a predator to avoid. Mantis shrimps can even measure the polarization of light. Animal eyes are amazing structures, often involving precision optics and impressive information processing, mainly using wet protein - not the substance an engineer would choose for such tasks. In Eyes to See, Michael Land, one of the leading world experts on vision, explores the varied ways in which sight has evolved and is used in the natural world, and describes some of the ingenious experiments researchers have used to uncover its secrets. He also discusses human vision, including his experiments on how our eye movements help us to do everyday tasks, as well as skilled ones such as sight-reading music or driving. He ends by considering the fascinating problem of how the constantly shifting images from our eyes are converted in the brain into the steady and integrated conscious view of the world we experience.
Seeing Through New Eyes
Title | Seeing Through New Eyes PDF eBook |
Author | Melvin Kaplan |
Publisher | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1843108003 |
Dr. Kaplan identifies common ASD symptoms such as hand-flapping, poor eye contact and tantrums as typical responses to the confusion caused by vision disorder. He also explains the effects of difficulties that people with autism experience with "ambient vision," including a lack of spatial awareness and trouble with coordination.
Evolution's Witness
Title | Evolution's Witness PDF eBook |
Author | Ivan R. Schwab |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 323 |
Release | 2012-01-05 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0195369742 |
"The evolution of the eye spans 3.75 billion years from single cell organisms with eyespots to Metazoa with superb camera style eyes. At least ten different ocular models have evolved independently into myriad optical and physiological masterpieces. The story of the eye reveals evolution's greatest triumph and sweetest gift. This book describes its journey"--Provided by publisher.