This is an interesting book about mirrors, vision and how the two have paired throughout history. It runs the gamut from obsidian and metal mirrors to massive telescopes, with stops in fashion, art and astronomy.

There are some interesting stories in here, especially how science always has more discoveries to make and ideas to refine - or discard, as the case may be.

As an aside, the author mentions the famous Pepper's Ghost mirror illusions at my favorite Disneyland attraction, the Haunted Mansion (+1 point), but it mistakenly calls the attraction the Haunted House (-1).

This book was published in 2003, so some of the technical information at the end is a little outdated (the National Ignition Facility hasn't actually achieved fusion like the author hoped), but that's what happens with science.

The only real drawback is that it spends a lot of time on ancillary subjects like the makeup of the universe. He also stretches the "mirror" idea by including radio waves and x-rays in the discussion of telescopes and microscopes.