Pendergrast, Mark.
Mirror mirror : a history of the human love affair with reflection / Mark Pendergrast. - New York : Basic Books, 2003. - xii, 404 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-385) and index.
The mirror of the soul -- Magic visions -- Fields of light -- The rational mirror -- Looking glass literature -- A new way of seeing -- Grasping the universe -- Kaleidoscopic light waves -- Big eye -- The vanity business -- Celestial radios, divine x-rays -- Beyond Palomar -- Final reflections : illusions and realities.
0465054706
Mirrors--History.
Reflection (Optics)
Reflecting telescopes.
TP867 / .P46 2003
535/.323
Mirror mirror : a history of the human love affair with reflection / Mark Pendergrast. - New York : Basic Books, 2003. - xii, 404 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-385) and index.
The mirror of the soul -- Magic visions -- Fields of light -- The rational mirror -- Looking glass literature -- A new way of seeing -- Grasping the universe -- Kaleidoscopic light waves -- Big eye -- The vanity business -- Celestial radios, divine x-rays -- Beyond Palomar -- Final reflections : illusions and realities.
0465054706
Mirrors--History.
Reflection (Optics)
Reflecting telescopes.
TP867 / .P46 2003
535/.323