Visual looming syndrome "fear of pointy objects hitting the eye", "weird sensation behind the eyes", "difficulty in focusing on objects nearby, which are moving and are not operated by the observer, such as windscreen wipers or a pencil someone else is holding". In these studies visual looming syndrome is often referred as sharp edges eye syndrome (SEES). "Looming" is a term used in the study of the perception, as it relates directly to psychology. Looming refers to the rapid expansion in the size of any given image. As the image becomes increasingly large on the perceiver's retina, i.e., when an object "looms", there
The Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australia's History Blainey is widely credited the term in his 1966 work, the term appeared five years previously in the geographic research of William Bunge. Bunge uses the term in quotation marks, indicating that the phrase may have had earlier usage. The Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australia's History The Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australia's History is a history book by Geoffrey Blainey. First published in 1966, the book examines how Australia's geographical remoteness, particularly from its colonizer Great Britain, has been central to shaping the country's history and identity and will continue to shape its future. The long