Mirror Mirror
Subtitle: A History of the Human Love Affair with Reflection
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: July 1, 2003
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780465054701
First sentence: THE SCENE: AN AFRICAN savanna after a torrential sea rain.
Description: Chronicles the invention of the mirror and its impact on human history, science, myth, religion, the arts, and manners, detailing its key use in a wide variety of human activities.