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Glass
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- Book Synopsis
- Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. 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. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
- About The Author
- John S. Garrison is the author of seven books, including Glass (Bloomsbury, 2015) and The Pleasures of Memory in Shakespeare (2024). In 2021, he was named a Guggenheim Fellow.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781628924244
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic, (05 November 2015)
- Number of Pages
- 136
- Weight
- 140 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 164 x 122 x 16 mm
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