{"product_id":"a-look-into-mirrors-iver-p-cooper-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\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476698554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476698557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Iver P. Cooper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445113762047,"sku":"9781476698557","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d6d0ea8-87cf-4c45-af64-ae73cb9757d6.jpg?v=1777216636","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-look-into-mirrors-iver-p-cooper-9781476698557","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}