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The object stares back : on the nature of seeing / James Elkins.
Language: English Series: Harvest book | Harvest bookSan Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1997Edition: First Harvest editionDescription: 271 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780156004978 (paperback)
- BF 241 .E45 1997
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | BF 241 .E45 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 630475 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This arresting, provocative book on how we see--reminiscent of Diane Ackerman's A Natural History of the Senses--mixes science, philosophy, psychology, and art history, and offers startling, insightful observations likely to alter forever the way we perceive the world. 87 photos & illustrations.
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