Blind Physiology. An Amazing Book About Vision and Hearing

Susan R. Barry is an honorary professor at Mount Holyoke College and a doctor of biological sciences. From early childhood, suffering from severe strabismus, she saw the world in two dimensions, and even after surgical correction of the ailment, the... world did not become three-dimensional for her. However, she continued to try, and at the age of 48, she corrected her two-dimensional perception of the world to three-dimensional, which was previously considered essentially impossible. In her book "Blind Physiology," the author tells two stories: about a boy who learned to see and a girl who learned to hear, as well as how the acquisition of new senses affects people differently. Is it really a blessing to learn to see or hear? How do people live after surgeries to restore their senses when their entire familiar world has fundamentally changed? Susan Barry answers such questions, explaining in simple terms the mechanisms of the brain and the organs of sensation – our eyes and ears.