Description
In 2015 #thedress captured the world's imagination. Was the dress in the picture white and gold or blue and black? It inspired the author to ask: if people in the same time and place can see the same thing differently, how did people in distant times and places see the world?
Jam-packed with fascinating stories, facts and insights and impeccably researched, A History of Seeing in Eleven Inventions investigates the story of seeing from the evolution of eyes 500 million years ago to the present day. Time after time, it reveals, inventions that changed how people saw the world ended up changing it altogether.
Twenty-first-century life is more visual than ever, and seeing overwhelmingly dominates our senses. Can our eyes keep up with technology? Have we gone as far as the eye can see?
'A remarkable achievement' - Stephen FryAuthor: Susan Denham Wade
Publisher: Flint
Published: 01/01/2023
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.52lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.57w x 1.14d
ISBN13: 9780750997164
ISBN10: 0750997168
BISAC Categories:
- History | Social History
- History | Civilization
- Science | Life Sciences | Evolution
About the Author
Susan Denham Wade has an MA in Creative Writing (Non Fiction) from City University, where she was awarded the City Non Fiction Award, as well as degrees in Economics and Law and a Harvard MBA. She lives in West Sussex.