Invisible : the history of the unseen from Plato to particle physics
Ball, Philip, 1962-2015
Book
This is a history of invisibility in our culture. It takes in Plato, the occult in the Renaissance and the Middle Ages, Shakespearian ghosts, ether and cathode rays and 19th-century science, spiritualism, electromagnetism, H.G. Wells, the microscopic world, camouflage, prestidigitation and 21st century nanoscience. Here is everything you've ever wanted to know about the invisible - from the medieval to the cutting-edge, fairy tales to telecommunications, from beliefs about the supernatural to the discovery of dark energy.
Main title:
Author:
Ball, Philip, 1962-, author
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2015.
Collation:
320 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: The Bodley Head, 2014.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780099590439 (pbk)
Dewey class:
306.4'5
Language:
English
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BRN:
318703