Invisibility by Gregory J. Gbur - 9780300250428

Name: Invisibility by Gregory J. Gbur - 9780300250428
Brand: Yale University Press

Yale University Press

InvisibilityThe History and Science of How Not to Be Seen\nAuthor(s): Gregory J. Gbur\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Yale University Press, United States\nImprint: Yale University Press\nISBN-13: 9780300250428, 978-0300250428\nSynopsis\nA lively exploration of how invisibility has gone from science fiction to fact The science of invisibility remains largely theoretical and abstract. It is in the literature that the field comes alive, and Gbur may be the worlds leading expert on invisibility [url] Rich, New York Times Book Review Entertaining. . . . A robust examination of a fascinating field of [url] Weekly Is it possible for something or someone to be made invisible? This question, which has intrigued authors of science fiction for over a century, has become a headline-grabbing topic of scientific research. In this book, science writer and optical physicist Gregory J. Gbur traces the science of invisibility from its sci-fi origins in the nineteenth-century writings of authors suc.