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The shadow club the greatest mystery in the universe--shadows--and the thinkers who unlocked their secrets

In this original, wide-ranging, and endlessly thought-provoking work of popular nonfiction, a leading science writer uncovers the pervasive presence of shadows in our world. For Plato, shadows were the symbol of our limitations. For Galileo, they knocked the Earth from the center of the cosmos. They are a source of fear and a symbol of ignorance, and they loom large in art and design, mythology and folklore, physics and metaphysics, and architecture and urban planning. From shadows puppets and the psychology of shadows to the role of shadows in astronomy and the influence of shadows on the architectural profiles of our cities, Roberto Casati awakens our fascination in this tour-de-force of investigation and imagination. From the Trade Paperback edition.

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  • "In this original, wide-ranging, and endlessly thought-provoking work of popular nonfiction, a leading science writer uncovers the pervasive presence of shadows in our world. For Plato, shadows were the symbol of our limitations. For Galileo, they knocked the Earth from the center of the cosmos. They are a source of fear and a symbol of ignorance, and they loom large in art and design, mythology and folklore, physics and metaphysics, and architecture and urban planning. From shadows puppets and the psychology of shadows to the role of shadows in astronomy and the influence of shadows on the architectural profiles of our cities, Roberto Casati awakens our fascination in this tour-de-force of investigation and imagination. From the Trade Paperback edition."@en
  • "Filosofische beschouwing van de rol van de schaduw in de geschiedenis van de wetenschap en de cultuur."
  • "A remarkable exploration of how shadows have forever fascinated us: their extraordinary hold on our fears and imagination; their importance to astronomers, scientists, philosophers, and artists; their influence on myth and religious beliefs. What's stranger than a shadow? Shadows are messengers from the world of darkness, images that we can't shake off, black spots that have troubled our sleep through the ages. And yet shadows have been the key to unlocking some of our toughest scientific problems: the reason for eclipses, the distances between planets, the shape and size of the earth, the structure of the solar system, the nature of time itself. In this unique study-combining history, science, and anthropology-Roberto Casati discusses the famous and the obscure who, armed with imagination and creativity, struggled with the concept of shadow and provided us with explanations of and uses for our constant companion. Among those who were part of this "shadow club" were Eratosthenes and Galileo, ancient Arab astrono-mers and modern mathematicians, classical Greek painters and Leonardo da Vinci. And now, the name Casati-who has given us the first book devoted to the subject-can be added. Roberto Casati was born in Milan in 1961. A research director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, he lives in Paris and works at the Institut Nicod, a laboratory of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and of the Ecole Normales. He studies the cognition of strange things-images, colors, sounds, places, holes-and shadows. With Achille Varzi he is the author of Holes and Other Superficialities and Parts and Places."@en
  • "A remarkable exploration of how shadows have forever fascinated us: their extraordinary hold on our fears and imagination; their importance to astronomers, scientists, philosophers, and artists; their influence on myth and religious beliefs. What's stranger than a shadow? Shadows are messengers from the world of darkness, images that we can't shake off, black spots that have troubled our sleep through the ages. And yet shadows have been the key to unlocking some of our toughest scientific problems: the reason for eclipses, the distances between planets, the shape and size of the earth, the structure of the solar system, the nature of time itself. In this unique study-combining history, science, and anthropology-Roberto Casati discusses the famous and the obscure who, armed with imagination and creativity, struggled with the concept of shadow and provided us with explanations of and uses for our constant companion. Among those who were part of this "shadow club" were Eratosthenes and Galileo, ancient Arab astrono-mers and modern mathematicians, classical Greek painters and Leonardo da Vinci. And now, the name Casati-who has given us the first book devoted to the subject-can be added. Roberto Casati was born in Milan in 1961. A research director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, he lives in Paris and works at the Institut Nicod, a laboratory of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and of the Ecole Normales. He studies the cognition of strange things-images, colors, sounds, places, holes-and shadows. With Achille Varzi he is the author of Holes and Other Superficialities and Parts and Places."
  • "In diesem Buch tritt der Schatten einmal aus seinem 'Schattendasein' heraus und wird sozusagen 'beleuchtet'. Der Autor unternimmt eine abenteuerliche Reise z.B. durch die Geschichte der Malerei, der Physik, der Mathematik und der Astronomie, und die Schauplätze seiner Untersuchungen können z.B. vor einem Gemälde von Bernado Bellotto, bei Cassinis Sonnenuhr in der Kathedrale San Petronio (Bologna) oder auch im Weltraum sein. Das Phänomen des Schattens, voller Rätsel und Faszination zugleich, begegnet einem bei dieser 'Expedition' auf Schritt und Tritt - z.B. bei einer Sonnen- oder Mondfinsternis, in der Literatur (z.B. Peter Schlemihl), auf Gemälden, bei Galileis Beobachtungen des Mondes, bei Desargues' Satz und schließlich auch bei dem französischen Wissenschaftler Poncelet. Die Wahrnehmung des Schattens durch den Menschen und die Erkenntnis durch den Schatten spielen eine gewichtige, oft aber nicht bewusst registrierte Rolle, und insofern greift dieses Buch ein spannendes, nicht alltägliches Thema auf.(2)."
  • "L'auteur part d'un constat très simple, l'ombre qui suscita de nombreuses inquiétudes est à l'origine de grandes découvertes scientifiques et de l'émergence de la pensée occidentale. En partant de cette idée, il donne la parole à quelques-uns des plus grands penseurs de l'humanité."

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  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Einführung"
  • "Introductions"@en
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  • "La scoperta dell'ombra : da Platone a Galileo : la storia di un enigma che ha affascinato le grandi menti dell'umanità"@it
  • "La scoperta dell'ombra : da Platone a Galileo : la storia di un enigma che ha affascinato le grandi menti dell'umanità"
  • "The shadow club the greatest mystery in the universe--shadows--and the thinkers who unlocked their secrets"@en
  • "The shadow club : the greatest mystery in the universe shadows and the thinkers who unlocked their secrets"
  • "La scoperta dell'ombra : da Platone a Galileo la storia di un enigma che ha affascinato le grandi menti dell'umanità"
  • "La découverte de l'ombre : de Platon à Galilée, l'histoire d'une énigme qui a fasciné les grands esprits de l'humanité"
  • "The shadow club : the greatest mystery in the universe - shadows - and the thinkers who unlocked their secrets"
  • "El descubrimiento de la sombra : la historia de un enigma que ha fascinado a los grandes genios de la humanidad, de Platón a Galileo"@es
  • "Shadows Unlocking Their Secrets, from Plato to Our Time"@en
  • "Die Entdeckung des Schattens : die faszinierende Karriere einer rätselhaften Erscheinung"
  • "La scoperta dell'ombra : da Platone a Galileo : la storia di un enigma"
  • "Die Entdeckung des Schattens : Die faszinierende Karriere einer rätselhaften Erscheinung"
  • "Shadows : unlocking their secrets, from Plato to our time"@en
  • "El descubrimiento de la sombra : la historia de un enigma que ho fascinado a los grandes genios de la humanidad, de Platón a Galileo"
  • "De ontdekking van de schaduw : van Plato tot Galilei, de geschiedenis van een raadsel dat de grote geesten van de mensheid in zijn ban hield"
  • "The shadow club : the greatest mystery in the universe--shadows--and the thinkers who unlocked their secrets"
  • "La découverte de l'ombre : De Platon à Galilée, l'histoire d'une énigme qui a fasciné les grands esprits de l'humanité"
  • "Shadows unlocking their secrets from Plato to our time"@en
  • "La scoperta dell'ombra da Platone a Galileo : la storia di un enigma che ha affascinato le grandi menti dell'umanità"
  • "El Descubrimiento de la sombra : la historia de un enigma que ha fascinado a los grandes genios de la humanidad, de Platón a Galileo"
  • "Shadows unlocking their secrets, from plato to our time"@en

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