Denham Wade Susan
Denham Wade Susan - A History Of Seeing In Eleven Inventions - Paperback
Denham Wade Susan - A History Of Seeing In Eleven Inventions - Paperback
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Description: Eyes were one of the very first body parts to evolve more than 500 million years ago and their structure has remained virtually unchanged through most of evolutionary history. But eyes alone were never enough for Homo sapiens. From the mastery of fire a million years ago to the smartphone today humans have repeatedly invented new ways to see their surroundings each other and themselves. Artificial light art mirrors writing lenses printing photography film television smartphones these tools didn t just add to our visual repertoire they shaped cultures around the world and made us who we are. Drawing on sources from anthropology to zoology neuroscience to Netflix As Far As the Eye Can See traces the history of seeing from the first evolutionary stirrings of sight and discovers that each time we changed how or what we see we changed ourselves and the world around us. Along the way it finds sight slowly eclipsed our other senses. Are we now at peak seeing the author asks. Can our eyes keep up with technology? Have we gone as far as the eye can see?
Title: A History Of Seeing In Eleven Inventions
Author(s): Denham Wade Susan
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Barcode: 9780750997164
Pages: 16 Plates, Color; 32 Illustrations, Color
Publication Date: 1/1/2023
Category: Inventions & Inventors
Description: Eyes were one of the very first body parts to evolve more than 500 million years ago and their structure has remained virtually unchanged through most of evolutionary history. But eyes alone were never enough for Homo sapiens. From the mastery of fire a million years ago to the smartphone today humans have repeatedly invented new ways to see their surroundings each other and themselves. Artificial light art mirrors writing lenses printing photography film television smartphones these tools didn t just add to our visual repertoire they shaped cultures around the world and made us who we are. Drawing on sources from anthropology to zoology neuroscience to Netflix As Far As the Eye Can See traces the history of seeing from the first evolutionary stirrings of sight and discovers that each time we changed how or what we see we changed ourselves and the world around us. Along the way it finds sight slowly eclipsed our other senses. Are we now at peak seeing the author asks. Can our eyes keep up with technology? Have we gone as far as the eye can see?
Title: A History Of Seeing In Eleven Inventions
Author(s): Denham Wade Susan
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Barcode: 9780750997164
Pages: 16 Plates, Color; 32 Illustrations, Color
Publication Date: 1/1/2023
Category: Inventions & Inventors
