| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 195 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
The path of light -- The reflection of light -- Daguerreotypes : light captured -- The refraction of light -- Lenses : from water drops to telescopes -- Sources of light and color -- Diffraction and interference -- Rainbows -- Sea, sky, and cloud -- Polarized light and sunglasses -- Photons, electrons, and the atom -- X-rays, ultraviolet light, and infrared -- X-ray emission : Earth, Moon, and Mars -- Appendix A |
| Summary |
Begins by addressing properties of light as seen in the everyday world: events such as refraction in a pool, lenses in the form of glasses, the colors of objects, atmospheric events, and more. This title includes chapters that explain these events at the atomic and subatomic level |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-186) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer e-books |
| Subject |
Light.
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Optics.
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Light
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light (energy)
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optics.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- Optics & Light.
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Optics.
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Light.
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Physique.
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Light
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Optics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mayer, James W., 1930-
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| LC no. |
2007936185 |
| ISBN |
9780387751078 |
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0387751076 |
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0387751068 |
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9780387751061 |
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9786611087692 |
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6611087699 |
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