Ebook {Epub PDF} Invisible: The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen by Philip Ball

Invisible: The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen () by the polymath Philip Ball is a collection of essays that explores and seeks to illuminate the desires to understand and ultimately control the invisible forces all around us/5. 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/5(). Invisible: The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen. Published by Bodley Head, Invisible presents the first comprehensive survey of the roles that the idea of invisibility has played throughout time and culture. This territory takes us from medieval grimoires to cutting-edge nanotechnology, from fairy tales to telecommunications, from camouflage to early cinematography, and from beliefs about ghosts to the Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins.

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Buy Invisible: The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen Illustrated by Ball, Philip (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. 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. Mankind has a long fascination with things unseen. Philip Ball draws our mind (if not our eyes) to a close examination of most of that which is invisible to us - from ghosts to fictional characters. He merges fact and fiction in telling the history of man's interest in this subject.