The speed of light : constancy + cosmos /

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Light -- our experience of light, our measurement of light, and the notion that light speed is constant -- can be understood to mark our interface with the cosmos. David A. Grandy's book moves from the scientific to the existential, from Einstein to Merleau-Ponty, from light as a phenomenon to...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Grandy, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Light > Speed.
Space and time.
Time > Philosophy.
Lumière > Vitesse.
Temps > Philosophie.
SCIENCE > Physics > Optics & Light.
Light > Speed
Space and time
Time > Philosophy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Space, time, and light speed constancy
  • Special relativity
  • Horizonal light
  • Experiential light
  • Relational light
  • Internal relations
  • Light in a vacuum
  • Ambient light
  • Pre-reflective experience
  • Body, world, and light
  • Existential light.

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