{"product_id":"a-look-into-mirrors-their-making-and-use-throughout-history-9781476698557","title":"A Look Into Mirrors: Their Making and Use Throughout History","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Iver P. Cooper\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the distant past, a human being noticed their reflection in a body of water and that the reflection was of their own body. It was, perhaps, love at first sight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Over the course of several millennia, humans learned how to make that reflection portable, first by polishing stone and metal, then by bonding a metal to the back of a clear glass or plastic. As the reflections became clearer and brighter, mirrors were applied to more than self-inspection: for extended vision, via periscopes, telescopes, microscopes, and cameras; for communication, via heliographs, photophones, and the mirror galvanometers of undersea telegraph cables; for amusement, via kaleidoscopes and stage illusions; for energy, via solar furnaces and sunlight-propelled spacecraft; and for other purposes, via many additional ingenious devices. This book presents the story of the construction and use of mirrors for work and play.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47569715953815,"sku":"9781476698557","price":3728.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781476698557.webp?v=1774878880","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-look-into-mirrors-their-making-and-use-throughout-history-9781476698557","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}