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Glass / John Garrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garrison, John S., 1970-
- Series:
- Object lessons
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Glass--Popular works.
- Glass.
- Glassware--Psychological aspects--Popular works.
- Glassware.
- Glass in literature--Popular works.
- Glass in literature.
- Psychological aspects.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- x, 122 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
- Summary:
- "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 it as holding a unique promise for new forms of interaction. Grounded in everyday examples, this book offers a series of surprising insights into how we increasingly find ourselves living in a world made of glass."--Publisher description.
- Contents:
- A day made of glass
- Macbeth
- Minority report
- Microscopic vision
- Telescopic vision
- Earrings and landscapes
- Photography
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
- Heart of glass
- Sea glass
- Google glass
- Trademark
- Microsoft Hololens
- Strange days
- A glass, darkly
- Surfaces
- A world of glass
- What's in my pocket.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781628924244
- 1628924241
- 9781628924299
- 1628924292
- OCLC:
- 889996942
- Publisher Number:
- 99981561303
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