Philip Ball
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
382 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This book will combine photographs with evocative text to show how chemistry underpins the formation of snowflakes, the patterns of animal markings, and much more"--
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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...