عنوان

Invisible :

شابک

022623889X

شابک

9780226238890

شابک اشتباه

9780226238920

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Invisible :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

the dangerous allure of the unseen /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Philip Ball

نام خاص و کميت اثر

320 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

24 cm

متن يادداشت

"Originally published by Bodley Head, 2013"--Title-page verso

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-310) and index

متن يادداشت

Why we disappear -- Occult forces -- Fear of obscurity -- Rays that bridge worlds -- Worlds without end -- All in the mind -- The people who can't be seen -- Vanishing point -- Bedazzled and confused -- Unseen at last?

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

"If offered the chance--by cloak, spell or superpower--to be invisible, who wouldn't want to give it a try? We are drawn to the idea of stealthy voyeurism and the ability to conceal our own acts, but as desirable as it may seem, invisibility is also dangerous. It is not just an optical phenomenon, but a condition full of ethical questions. As esteemed science writer Philip Ball reveals in this book, the story of invisibility is not so much a matter of how it might be achieved but of why we want it and what we would do with it. In this lively look at a timeless idea, Ball provides the first comprehensive history of our fascination with the unseen. This sweeping narrative moves from medieval spell books to the latest nanotechnology, from fairy tales to telecommunications, from camouflage to ghosts to the dawn of nuclear physics and the discovery of dark energy. Along the way, Invisible tells little-known stories about medieval priests who blamed their misdeeds on spirits; the Cock Lane ghost, which intrigued both Samuel Johnson and Charles Dickens; the attempts by Victorian scientist William Crookes to detect forces using tiny windmills; novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton's belief that he was unseen when in his dressing gown; and military efforts to enlist magicians to hide tanks and ships during WWII. Bringing in such voices as Plato and Shakespeare, Ball provides not only a scientific history but a cultural one--showing how our simultaneous desire for and suspicion of the invisible has fueled invention and the imagination for centuries. In this unusual and clever book, Ball shows that our fantasies about being unseen--and seeing the unseen--reveal surprising truths about who we are." -- Publisher's description

موضوع مستند نشده

Invisibility

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Ball, Philip,1962-

تاريخ عمليات

20160428032019.5

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y