Invisible
the dangerous allure of the unseen
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Author
Publication
2015 - The University of Chicago Press, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
80,000 words, Guess
Page Count
320 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveinvisibledangero0000ball_a2i0
- ISBN-10022623889X
- ISBN-139780226238890
- Library of Congress Control Number2014035709
- OCLC Control Number887849390
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780226238890
- Open LibraryOL27180704M
Classifications
- DDC535/.1
- LCCQC406 .B35 2015
- LCCQC406.B35 2015
Description
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.
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