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A brief history of light and those that lit the way /

From Leonardo to Oppenheimer, from candles to lasers, from cave drawings to cinema, from Stonehenge to quantum mechanics, from Genesis to the Big Bang, light has filled our thoughts, our way of life, our aesthetics, our technology, and our means for survival. Richard Weiss leads us along these paths...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weiss, Richard J. (Richard Jerome), 1923-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific Pub., ©1996.
Colección:Series in popular science ; v. 1.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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