Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; â#x80;#x9C;A Day Made of Glassâ#x80;#x9D;; Macbeth; Minority Report; Microscopic vision; Telescopic vision; Earrings and landscapes; Photography; Shakespeareâ#x80;#x99;s sonnets; â#x80;#x9C;Heart of Glassâ#x80;#x9D;; Sea glass; Google Glass; Trademark; Microsoft HoloLens; Strange Days; A glass, darkly; Surfaces; â#x80;#x9C;A World of Glassâ#x80;#x9D;; Postscript: Whatâ#x80;#x99;s in my pocket?; Further reading; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index
Summary
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Pause and look around: you will see that you are surrounded by glass. It reflects and refracts light through your windows; it encircles a glowing filament above you; it's in a mirror hanging on the wall; it lies shattered in a dented corner of an iPhone-you're drinking water out of a pint glass. Taking up a most common object, rarely considered because assumed to be transparent, John Garrison draws evocative connections between historical depictions of glass and emerging visions that see
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-111) and index
