Seeing dark things : the philosophy of shadows / Roy Sorensen.

Author/creator Sorensen, Roy A.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxiii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents The eclipse riddle -- Seeing surfaces -- The disappearing act -- Spinning shadows -- Berkeley's shadow -- Para-reflections -- Para-refractions : shadowgrams and the black drop -- Goethe's colored shadows -- Filtows -- Holes in the light -- Black and blue -- Seeing in black and white -- We see in the dark -- Hearing silence.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-301) and index.
LCCN 2007001267
ISBN9780195326574 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0195326571 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks B828.45 .S66 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold