Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 122 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
Also published in print
ISBN:
9781501314254
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1628924292
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9781628924299
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9781628924282
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1628924284
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9781628924244
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1628924241
Series Statement:
Object lessons
Content:
Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; "A Day Made of Glass"; Macbeth; Minority Report; Microscopic vision; Telescopic vision; Earrings and landscapes; Photography; Shakespeare's sonnets; "Heart of Glass"; Sea glass; Google Glass; Trademark; Microsoft HoloLens; Strange Days; A glass, darkly; Surfaces; "A World of Glass"; Postscript: What's in my pocket?; Further reading; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index.
Content:
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Pause and look around: you will see that you are surrounded by glass. It reflects and refracts light through your windows; it encircles a glowing filament above you; it's in a mirror hanging on the wall; it lies shattered in a dented corner of an iPhone-you're drinking water out of a pint glass. Taking up a most common object, rarely considered because assumed to be transparent, John Garrison draws evocative connections between historical depictions of glass and emerging visions that see
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-111) and index
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Also published in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Barrierefreier Inhalt: Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781628924299
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781628924299
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781501314254