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Isaac Newton wrote that “We no other way know the extension of bodies than by our senses” (Principles Book III, rule III). This chapter will consider the ways we use our senses to know the extension of bodies and to further determine many other relevant dimensions of the world that we inhabit.
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Partridge, L.D., Partridge, L.D. (2003). Sensory Receptor Transduction. In: Nervous System Actions and Interactions. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0425-2_4
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