Invisible The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen

Philip Ball 지음

Random House 2014년 07월 31일 출간

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If you could be invisible, what would you do? The chances are that it would have something to do with power, wealth or sex. Perhaps all three. But there's no need to feel guilty. Impulses like these have always been at the heart of our fascination with invisibility: it points to realms beyond our senses, serves as a receptacle for fears and dreams, and hints at worlds where other rules apply. Invisibility is a mighty power and a terrible curse, a sexual promise, a spiritual condition.This is a history of humanity's turbulent relationship with the invisible. It takes on the myths and morals of Plato, the occult obsessions of the Middle Ages, the trickeries and illusions of stage magic, the auras and ethers of Victorian physics, military strategies to camouflage armies and ships and the discovery of invisibly small worlds.From the medieval to the cutting-edge, fairy tales to telecommunications, from beliefs about the supernatural to the discovery of dark energy, Philip Ball reveals the universe of the invisible.

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"[A] fantastic feast of ideas and information on the subject？？In this enthralling book, Philip Ball？？s elegant and intelligent mastery？？s very evident indeed"

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저자(글) Philip Ball

저자 필립 볼은 과학 작가이자 '네이처'의 편집고문이다. 옥스퍼드대학교에서 화학을 전공한 후 브리스톨 대학교에서 물리학 박사학위를 받았다. 그 후 10년 동안 세계에서 가장 권위 있는 과학저널인 '네이처' 물리화학 분야의 전문 편집자로 활동했다. 국제 언론에 과학 전 분야에 걸친 글을 기고하고 있으며, TV와 라디오에도 출연하고 있다. 저서로는 <화학의 시대> <H₂O: 물의 전기> <보이지 않는 것들> 등이 있다.