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The waterless sea : a curious history of mirages / Christopher Pinney. by Pinney, Christopher, author. London, UK : Reaktion Books, 2018 Subjects Mirages -- History.   Meteorological optics -- History. ISBN:  9781780239323 (hardcover) : 1780239327 (hardcover) : Description:  184 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm Requests:  0 Summary:  "Mirages have long astonished travelers of the sea and beguiled thirsty desert voyagers. Chinese and Japanese poetry and images depicted mirages as the exhalations of clam-monsters. Indian sources related them to the 'thirst of gazelles,' a metaphor for the futility of desire. From the late eighteenth century to the present, mirages became a symbol of 'Oriental despotis,' a malign, but also enchanted, emblem. But the mirage motif is rarely simply condemnatory. More commonly it conveys a sense of escape, of fascination, of a desire to be deceived. The Waterless Sea is the first book devoted to the theories and history of mirages. Christopher Pinney navigates a sinuous pathway through a mysterious and evanescent terrain, showing how mirages have impacted politics, culture, science, and religion, and how we can continue to learn from their sublimity"--Dust jacket.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 551.565 Pi Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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