
Looking Through the Looking-Glass
When Lewis Carroll wrote “Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There” in 1871, I wonder if he knew that mirrors had such an intriguing history. He probably did. He had the kind of mind that was curious and could think abstractly. Did you know that this author and poet graduated from Oxford with a Bachelors of Arts in Mathematics? First in his class, no less. It comes as no surprise to me that a mirror was just the thing to stimulate his imagination. The first manufa