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Friday essay: ‘an engineering and biological miracle’ – how I fell for the science, and the poetry, of the eye
My first encounter came as a medical student. Under high magnification, I examined a colleague’s iris, the coloured part of their eye encircling the pupil. I watched as the muscle fibres moved rhythmically, undulating between dilation and constriction. It …