"The Invisible Lens - How the invention of glass allowed us to see the universe" argues that glass is the unsung hero of human progress. While stone and bronze built empires, glass built knowledge. Without this unique material, we would have no test tubes for chemistry, no lenses for microscopes to see bacteria, and no telescopes to see the stars.Author Clara Lens investigates the transition from glass as a luxury jewelry item to a tool of science in Venice and Northern Europe. The book also explores the invention of the mirror, which sparked the Renaissance by allowing humans to see...