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Was geschieht bei einer Mondfinsternis? Während die Erde den Mond überschattet, erkennt man, was er in Wirklichkeit ist, ein großer dunkler Stein. Roberto Casati verdankt diesem Schattenspiel eine wirkliche Erleuchtung: es ist nicht immer die Sonne, die die Wahrheit an den Tag bringt, sondern sehr oft gerade der unheimliche Antipode des Lichts, der Schatten. Casati führt dem Leser vor Augen, dass die menschliche Wahrnehmung, die Erforschung der Welt und des Kosmos maßgeblich vom Phänomen des Schattens bestimmt ist. Der Autor schlendert durch die Geschichte unterschiedlichster Disziplinen, Mathematik und Astronomie, Architektur und Malerei, Philosophie und Physik, bleibt an den entscheidenden Dreh- und Angelpunkten ihrer Entwicklung stehen und entdeckt zur Verblüffung des Publikums immer wieder die unaufdringliche Anwesenheit eines Schattens…
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The shadow club: the greatest mystery in the universe--shadows--and the thinkers who unlocked their secrets
2003, Knopf
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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
2001, Mondadori
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Die Entdeckung des Schattens: Die faszinierende Karriere einer rätselhaften Erscheinung
2001, Berlin Verlag
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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.
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