“In a spectacle case, built into Doctor Gregory's Elements of Optics. An octavo, published in London, in 1735. Not an obvious place. I had hoped to find the Will there.” “Why there?" “Phebe's riddle. You must remember, for you told it ...
Benjamin West, Charles Willson Peale, John Trumbull, Mather Brown, Matthew Pratt, Gilbert Stuart, and John Singleton Copley constituted something of an “American School” in London, as Pratt titled a 1765 painting of West's atelier.
Argues that prejudice toward others is often an unconscious part of the human psyche and analyzes the science behind biased feelings while sharing guidelines for identifying and learning from hidden prejudices.
Venturing into this book is an invitation to understand our own minds. Brilliant, authoritative, and utterly accessible, Blindspot is a book that will challenge and change readers for years to come.
Venturing into this book is an invitation to understand our own minds. Brilliant, authoritative, and utterly accessible, Blindspot is a book that will challenge and change readers for years to come.