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Bird-watching as a blood sport

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On the redemptive pain of loving the natural world

By David James Duncan

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Brightness visible

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On learning to see the gravity of bears and the wonder of beetles

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Wraparound — From the April 1975 issue

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Vision as activity

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Eyes and vision from worm to man

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The act of vision

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Control of the dangers from defective vision

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Consequences of defective vision

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Popular exposition of some scientific experiments. Part III.–Things that are invisible.–The nature of sight.–Visual deceptions

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The eye and the camera

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The senses. V.–Sight

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