Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 176 pages)
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illustrations
Ausgabe:
Also published in print
ISBN:
9781501312335
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9781501312342
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1501312340
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9781501312328
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9781501312311
Serie:
Object lessons
Inhalt:
What can you see? -- Reading stars, reading stones -- How to choose eyeglasses (circa 1623) -- The persistence of memory -- Eleven lines, nine letters -- Reading close up -- Looking for trouble -- Eye terror -- Eye poetry -- Optical allusions -- The bottom line.
Inhalt:
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Desert nomads tested their vision by distinguishing a pair of stars. But we have since created more disquieting ways to test the strength of the eyes. Reading the eye chart is an exercise in failure, since it only gets interesting when you cannot read any further. It is the opposite of interpretative reading, like one does with literature. When you have finished reading an eye chart, what exactly have you even read? From a Spanish cleric's Renaissance guide to testing vision, to a Dutch ophthalmologist's innovation in optical tech, to the witty subversion of the eye chart in advertising and popular culture, William Germano's Eye Chart lets people see the eye chart at last. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references 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
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781501312342
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781501312342
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781501312335
