invisibility

Invisibility for Beginners

Some of you will recall "Invisible Gorilla" author and psychologist Daniel Simons speaking at the IdeaFestival about how we too often fail to see what's in front of our noses. A recent New Yorker piece on invisibility goes into some depth on how it might be possible to bend light waves so as to render an object invisible, as well as the ethical, philosophical and historical dimensions