Mirror mirror : a history of the human love affair with reflection /
by Pendergrast, Mark.
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2003Description: xii, 404 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0465054706.Subject(s): Mirrors -- History | Reflection (Optics) | Reflecting telescopesOnline resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description
Contents:
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.
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TP 867 .P46 2003 (Browse shelf) | Available |
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.
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