Eye Of The Beholder
1st Edition
Published on 9. April 2015
576 pages
978-1-78497-023-9 (ISBN)
Description
By the early 17th century the Scientific Revolution was well under way. Philosophers and scientists were throwing off the yoke of ancient authority to peer at nature and the cosmos through microscopes and telescopes.
In October 1632, in the small town of Delft in the Dutch Republic, two geniuses were born who would bring about a seismic shift in the idea of what it meant to see the world. One was Johannes Vermeer, whose experiments with lenses and a camera obscura taught him how we see under different conditions of light and helped him create the most luminous works of art ever beheld. The other was Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, whose work with microscopes revealed a previously unimagined realm of minuscule creatures.
By intertwining the biographies of these two men, Laura Snyder tells the story of a historical moment in both art and science that revolutionized how we see the world today.
In October 1632, in the small town of Delft in the Dutch Republic, two geniuses were born who would bring about a seismic shift in the idea of what it meant to see the world. One was Johannes Vermeer, whose experiments with lenses and a camera obscura taught him how we see under different conditions of light and helped him create the most luminous works of art ever beheld. The other was Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, whose work with microscopes revealed a previously unimagined realm of minuscule creatures.
By intertwining the biographies of these two men, Laura Snyder tells the story of a historical moment in both art and science that revolutionized how we see the world today.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-78497-023-9 (9781784970239)
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Person
Fulbright scholar Laura J. Snyder is the author of The Philosophical Breakfast Club, a Scientific American Notable Book, winner of the 2011 Royal Institution of Australia poll for Favorite Science Book, and an official selection of the TED Book Club. She is also the author of Reforming Philosophy. Snyder writes about science and ideas for the Wall Street Journal. She is a professor at St. John's University and lives in New York City.
Content
- Intro
- Welcome Page
- Frontispiece
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- PROLOGUE: More Than Meets the Eye
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- PART 1: Counterfeiter of Nature
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- PART 2: From the Lion's Corner
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- PART 3: Fire and Light
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- PART 4: Learning to See
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- PART 5: Ut pictura, ita visio
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- PART 6: Mathematical Artists
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- PART 7: A Treasure-House of Nature
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- PART 8: Year of Catastrophe
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- PART 9: The Invisible World
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- PART 10: Generations
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- PART 11: Scientific Lion
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- PART 12: New Ways of Seeing
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- EPILOGUE: Dare to See!
- Picture Section
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About Eye of the Beholder
- Reviews
- About Laura J. Snyder
- An Invitation from the Publisher
- Copyright
