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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Singapore ; River Edge, NJ :
World Scientific Pub.,
©1996.
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| Series: | Series in popular science ;
v. 1. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER I 16th and 17th Centuries; CHAPTER II 18th Century; CHAPTER III 19th Century; CHAPTER IV Early 20th Century; CHAPTER V Tutorial 1 The Photon and the Electron; CHAPTER VI Early 20th Century Part 2; CHAPTER VII Tutorial 2 Photons and Electrons; CHAPTER VIII Early 20th Century Part 3; CHAPTER IX Tutorial 3 Riding A Photon; CHAPTER X Early 20th Century Part 4; CHAPTER XI Tutorial 4 Illusion and Reality; CHAPTER XII Early 20th Century Part 5; CHAPTER XIII Latter Half of the 20th Century Part 1; CHAPTER XIV Tutorial Photons Versus Electrons 5.