Eye of the Beholder #334
September 11, 2015
This week, we're learning about the history of optics, and how our perception of the world and how we see it underwent a radical transformation in 17th-century Holland. We'll spend the hour with historian, philosopher, and science writer Laura J. Snyder, talking about her book "Eye of the Beholder: Johannes Vermeer, Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek and the Reinvention of Seeing."
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Guests:
- Laura Snyder
Featured Book
Eye of the Beholder: Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the Reinvention of Seeing
Guest Bios
Laura Snyder
Laura Snyder is Professor of Philosophy at St. John's University in New York City and writes on science and ideas for The Wall Street Journal. She is a Fulbright Scholar, a TED speaker, a Life Member of Clare Hall College, Cambridge, and Past President of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science. Her most recent book “The Philosophical Breakfast Club: Four Remarkable Friends who Transformed Science and Changed the World” was a Scientific American Notable Book, and winner of the 2011 Royal Institution of Australia Poll for Favorite Science Book.
