TY - BOOK AU - Amato,Joseph Anthony TI - Surfaces: a history SN - 9780520272774 AV - BF353 .A43 2013 U1 - 155.9/1 23 PY - 2013///] CY - Berkeley, California PB - University of California Press KW - Environmental psychology KW - Perception KW - Science KW - Philosophy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-286); The surface is where the action is -- We are surfaces and surfaces are us -- The grip and grasp of things -- Walls and homes, the ins and outs of life -- Decoration and representation -- The eye and hand, the mind and science -- Courts, gardens, and mirrors: seeing and being seen -- Fresh faces and new interfaces, from the ground floor up -- Engineering the small, designing the invisible -- Conclusion: encapsulation ER -