{"product_id":"a-natural-history-of-color-the-science-behind-what-we-see-and-how-we-see-it-9781643134420","title":"A Natural History of Color: The Science Behind What We See and How We See It","description":"\u003cb\u003eA star curator at the American Museum of Natural History widens the palette and shows how the physical, natural, and cultural context of color are inextricably tied to what we see right before our eyes.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs color a phenomenon of science or a thing of art? Over the years, color has dazzled, enhanced, and clarified the world we see, embraced through the experimental palettes of painting, the advent of the color photograph, Technicolor pictures, color printing, on and on, a vivid and vibrant celebrated continuum. These turns to represent reality in \"living color\" echo our evolutionary reliance on and indeed privileging of color as a complex and vital form of consumption, classification, and creation. It's everywhere we look, yet do we really know much of anything about it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinding color in stars and light, examining the system of classification that determines survival through natural selection, studying the arrival of color in our universe and as a fulcrum for philosophy, DeSalle's brilliant A Natural History of Color establishes that an understanding of color on many different levels is at the heart of learning about nature, neurobiology, individualism, even a philosophy of existence. Color and a fine tuned understanding of it is vital to understanding ourselves and our consciousness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRob DeSalle\u003c\/b\u003e is curator at the American Museum of Natural History, where he has curated or cocurated six highly praised exhibitions and leads a research group in the Institute for Comparative Genomics. He is the author or coauthor of fifteen books, including \u003ci\u003eOur Senses, Welcome to the Genome, The Accidental Homo Sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Brain: Big Bangs, Behaviors and Beliefs\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eHans Bachor \u003c\/b\u003eis based in Canberra Australia. He is Emeritus Professor at The Australian National University, from where he has pioneered experimental quantum optics in Australia and is co-author to the \u003ci\u003eGuide to Experiments in Quantum Optics\u003c\/i\u003e. As Mind in Residence at Questacon - the National Science and Technology Centre he contributes to science communication with his science shows. Through the The Australian Academy of Science he fosters education and raises the public awareness of science.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51623678345490,"sku":"9781643134420","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d2fd5e66-cbcb-4863-bfd4-1091772c70f5.jpg?v=1758644179","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-natural-history-of-color-the-science-behind-what-we-see-and-how-we-see-it-9781643134420","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}