The farther shore : a natural history of perception 1798-1984
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The farther shore : a natural history of perception 1798-1984
Faber & Faber, 1990
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This book examines in what way our perception of ourselves and our natural environment has changed over the past 200 years. In his history of everyday life, the author draws on a wealth of sources for illustration: 18th-century natural science, modern technology and the new physics, and the arts.
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