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eye: structure and optics  

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  • The human eye is a simple, but extremely robust, optical instrument. It produces images of the visual world onto the retina with a quality that matches or exceeds the resolution of the neural circuitry. [Source: Encyclopedia of Perception; Eye: Structure and Optics]

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