A Brief History Of Light And Those That Lit The Way
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Author | : Richard Jerome Weiss |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9810223773 |
This text traces the interplay of forces in the history of light from the 17th century to the 1990s. It provides portraits of many of the scientists whose achievements constituted that history, and of major inventors and artistic and literary figures who c.
Author | : Richard J Weiss |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1996-08-15 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9814500003 |
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 over the past 500 light years. The way is lit by pioneers such as Rembrandt, Einstein, D W Griffith, Newton, and Heisenberg. A BRIEF HISTORY OF LIGHT, AND THOSE THAT LIT THE WAY is a summer's day roller-coaster ride through five centuries of man's achievements in understanding and manipulating light.
Author | : David L. DiLaura |
Publisher | : Illuminating Engineering |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780879952099 |
Author | : World Book, Inc |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780716601074 |
The 'World Book Encyclopedia' was first published in 1917 as an 8-volume set. The encyclopedia has been expanded many times through the years and now has 22 volumes. This edition contains 2900 new or revised articles, 200 new or revised maps, 225 new photos, 212 new tables and charts, and 4890 pages are revised.
Author | : David J. Cole |
Publisher | : Greenwood |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2003-04-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Looks at the history of a variety of modern inventions, including the television, cameras, toasters, vacuum cleaners, and electric razors.
Author | : Neil Schlager |
Publisher | : Gale |
Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780787639358 |
This volume, consisting of divisions by subject areas, presents topical essays, biographical sketches of scientists, and a listing of primary source documents.
Author | : Mohammad D. Al-Amri |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 509 |
Release | : 2016-12-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3319319035 |
Light and light based technologies have played an important role in transforming our lives via scientific contributions spanned over thousands of years. In this book we present a vast collection of articles on various aspects of light and its applications in the contemporary world at a popular or semi-popular level. These articles are written by the world authorities in their respective fields. This is therefore a rare volume where the world experts have come together to present the developments in this most important field of science in an almost pedagogical manner. This volume covers five aspects related to light. The first presents two articles, one on the history of the nature of light, and the other on the scientific achievements of Ibn-Haitham (Alhazen), who is broadly considered the father of modern optics. These are then followed by an article on ultrafast phenomena and the invisible world. The third part includes papers on specific sources of light, the discoveries of which have revolutionized optical technologies in our lifetime. They discuss the nature and the characteristics of lasers, Solid-state lighting based on the Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology, and finally modern electron optics and its relationship to the Muslim golden age in science. The book’s fourth part discusses various applications of optics and light in today's world, including biophotonics, art, optical communication, nanotechnology, the eye as an optical instrument, remote sensing, and optics in medicine. In turn, the last part focuses on quantum optics, a modern field that grew out of the interaction of light and matter. Topics addressed include atom optics, slow, stored and stationary light, optical tests of the foundation of physics, quantum mechanical properties of light fields carrying orbital angular momentum, quantum communication, and Wave-Particle dualism in action.
Author | : Diane Bailey |
Publisher | : ABDO |
Total Pages | : 115 |
Release | : 2015-08-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1629697699 |
How the Light Bulb Changed History examines the invention of the light bulb, how it works, and how electric light changed the way people live and work. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and maps, charts, and diagrams. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 2312 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : |
A world list of books in the English language.
Author | : Francesco Murano |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2015-06-04 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1326295357 |
A history of stage lighting has not yet been organically achieved because of the difficulty in finding data that refer to it, but it is possible to chronologically trace it by following some evolutionary episodes. It is precisely its historical and evolutionary aspects we will be handling here, looking for the highlights of stage lighting, its specific language and technical development over time.