# Vision and the Eye

- Institution: Gresham College
- Taught by: Professor William Ayliffe FRCS PhD, Professor John Marshall MBE, Professor Stephen Foster, Professor Clare Gilbert, Professor Dan Reinstein
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, History, Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/vision-and-eye)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

This introduction to the series covers the structure and function of the human eye. The historical concept of the eye as a simple image-forming device has been transformed to the modern view of the eye as a sophisticated image-processing organ. How structure and function are beautifully linked, in order to convert light energy into processed electrical signals, will be described.

## Lectures

1. [The Human Eye and Vision](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/1ccbcc4d9c46) (YouTube)
2. [Braille and the history of blindness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/ea2cce899be7) (YouTube)
3. [i-dentity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/266d15254782) (YouTube)
4. [The History of Cataract Surgery](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/d950210a667e) (YouTube)
5. [Visual Perception](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/d21ca2ded9f4) (YouTube)
6. [Inflammatory Eye Disease](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/448044d6bf37) (YouTube)
7. [Fun with Visual Illusions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/22147611320f) (YouTube)
8. [Correction of Optical Defects: From Spectacles to Lasers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/881101f352b2) (YouTube)
9. [Diabetes, Hypertension and Vascular Diseases of the Eye](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/efd6f390eccd) (YouTube)
10. [Blindness in Children: The Global Perspective](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/e6ba24675fb4) (YouTube)
11. [Why we see what we do](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/926955506165) (YouTube)
12. [Colour](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/e9ed84c5c9ab) (YouTube)
13. [The Ageing Eye](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/294ab41afe2f) (YouTube)
14. [The Evolution of Vision](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/348eae47f2bf) (YouTube)
15. [Vision and the Artist](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/c0770558c29b) (YouTube)
16. [Animal Eyes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/45e36f70285b) (YouTube)
17. [Technology and Vision](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/f83ed2c3145b) (YouTube)
18. [The Window on the Soul](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/ea753b4875a2) (YouTube)
19. [The Eye at War: Preventing and treating combat injuries a 2000 year journey](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/60859d79de93) (YouTube)
20. [Transplantation and the Eye](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/a780775da37a) (YouTube)
21. [Return of the Microbes: How infections are once more taking over](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/3a4e103a9594) (YouTube)
22. [Eye on the Future: How can modern scientific knowledge help to prevent blindness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/aed16540c44a) (YouTube)
23. [Artificial Eye, Artificial Vision: How does my robot see?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/ce989fd01de4) (YouTube)
24. [The Iconography of Blindness: How artists have portrayed the blind](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-vision-and-eye/9186b6681064) (YouTube)