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Invisibility

      https://doi.org/10.1142/9781848167537_0006Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)
      Abstract:

      To be invisible, we imagine, is to be powerful. Envision being able to go where you will without being detected; to secretly gather information, eavesdrop on private conversations, and watch events not meant to be seen; to carry out daring or even immoral acts and escape without a trace. That sense of great, covert, not necessarily legal power explains why personal invisibility and its attractions are such lasting themes…