Author’s Note Introduction: The End Begins PART I Phantom Limp 1. Seeing Stars 2. National Blindness 3. Blinded by Definition PART II The Lost World 4. The Male Gaze 5. Camera Obscura 6. The Library of Babel 7. The Makers PART III Structured Discovery 8. Against Blindness 9. Lady Justice 10. Half Smiling Conclusion: Endgame Acknowledgments Notes on Capitalization and Sources, and Image Descriptions Index