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- catalog abstract "Mirrors fascinate us - they can reveal and they can delude; and they reflect nature for both science and art. The precious and magic objects of history still set us curious puzzles, such as the left-right reversed mirror writing, which has confused philosophers and scientists - and most people - through the ages. In this highly unusual and deeply fascinating book, Richard Gregory provides us with a rich and a varied feast from the world of mirrors: mirrors in science, in. Art, and in history. Thousands of years of questioning and experimenting have led to an ever more surprising understanding of light, of matter, and of mind. Who could have guessed that mirrors are like radio aerials, and like tuning forks; and yet through the strangeness of light they are not quite like anything else at all. It is high time, believes Richard Gregory, to look, and to reflect, with mirrors in mind.".
- catalog contributor b10138680.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "Art, and in history. Thousands of years of questioning and experimenting have led to an ever more surprising understanding of light, of matter, and of mind. Who could have guessed that mirrors are like radio aerials, and like tuning forks; and yet through the strangeness of light they are not quite like anything else at all. It is high time, believes Richard Gregory, to look, and to reflect, with mirrors in mind.".
- catalog description "Face to face -- Mirrors in art -- Histories and mysteries -- Puzzles of images -- Light on matter -- Making and using mirrors -- Handed -- The mirror of perception -- Hands-on through the looking-glass -- Final reflections.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Mirrors fascinate us - they can reveal and they can delude; and they reflect nature for both science and art. The precious and magic objects of history still set us curious puzzles, such as the left-right reversed mirror writing, which has confused philosophers and scientists - and most people - through the ages. In this highly unusual and deeply fascinating book, Richard Gregory provides us with a rich and a varied feast from the world of mirrors: mirrors in science, in.".
- catalog extent "xi, 302 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0716745119 (hard cover)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : W.H. Freeman/Spektrum,".
- catalog subject "152.14 20".
- catalog subject "BF241 .G735 1996".
- catalog subject "Visual perception.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Face to face -- Mirrors in art -- Histories and mysteries -- Puzzles of images -- Light on matter -- Making and using mirrors -- Handed -- The mirror of perception -- Hands-on through the looking-glass -- Final reflections.".
- catalog title "Mirrors in mind / Richard Gregory.".
- catalog type "text".