‘an engineering and biological miracle’ – how I fell for the science, and the poetry, of the eye
- Written by: Hessom Razavi, Associate professor, The University of Western Australia
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 looked like an underwater plant, swaying in a current.
Mesmerising. But in a busy...