{"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 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iver P. Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.53d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476698557","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738404368521,"sku":"9781476698557","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_fa8398a8-e0ca-48ba-b884-edbc77e43806.jpg?v=1792524988","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/a-look-into-mirrors-their-making-and-use-throughout-history-9781476698557","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}