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020 $a0716745119 (hard cover)
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100 1 $aGregory, R. L.$q(Richard Langton)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79056155
245 10 $aMirrors in mind /$cRichard Gregory.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bW.H. Freeman/Spektrum,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $axi, 302 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color) ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [278]-294) and index.
520 $aMirrors 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.
520 8 $aIn 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.
520 8 $aIt is high time, believes Richard Gregory, to look, and to reflect, with mirrors in mind.
650 0 $aVisual perception.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143926
852 00 $bpsy$hBF241$i.G735 1997