What Is Light?

What Is Light?
Author: Markette Sheppard
Publisher: Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2020-05-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1534476512

This lyrical and luminously illustrated picture book explores the beauty of the everyday moments in a child’s world. Light can be so many things! The twinkle of a faraway star, a firefly captured in a jar, a mother’s love, a turtle dove... Through this thoughtful and celebratory book, young readers will discover the special glow in everything from nature to the smiles of loved ones. Each page reveals a different sparkle found in a child’s simple but extraordinary world. The light revealed on the final page makes a fitting finale for this sweet, bright tale.

Light Science

Light Science
Author: Thomas D. Rossing
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2020-01-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 303027103X

Intended for students in the visual arts and for others with an interest in art, but with no prior knowledge of physics, this book presents the science behind what and how we see. The approach emphasises phenomena rather than mathematical theories and the joy of discovery rather than the drudgery of derivations. The text includes numerous problems, and suggestions for simple experiments, and also considers such questions as why the sky is blue, how mirrors and prisms affect the colour of light, how compact disks work, and what visual illusions can tell us about the nature of perception. It goes on to discuss such topics as the optics of the eye and camera, the different sources of light, photography and holography, colour in printing and painting, as well as computer imaging and processing.

The Nature of Light

The Nature of Light
Author: Chandra Roychoudhuri
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2017-12-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1420044257

Focusing on the unresolved debate between Newton and Huygens from 300 years ago, The Nature of Light: What is a Photon? discusses the reality behind enigmatic photons. It explores the fundamental issues pertaining to light that still exist today. Gathering contributions from globally recognized specialists in electrodynamics and quantum optics, the book begins by clearly presenting the mainstream view of the nature of light and photons. It then provides a new and challenging scientific epistemology that explains how to overcome the prevailing paradoxes and confusions arising from the accepted definition of a photon as a monochromatic Fourier mode of the vacuum. The book concludes with an array of experiments that demonstrate the innovative thinking needed to examine the wave-particle duality of photons. Looking at photons from both mainstream and out-of-box viewpoints, this volume is sure to inspire the next generation of quantum optics scientists and engineers to go beyond the Copenhagen interpretation and formulate new conceptual ideas about light–matter interactions and substantiate them through inventive applications.

The Science of Color

The Science of Color
Author: Optical Society of America. Committee on Colorimetry
Publisher:
Total Pages: 440
Release: 1963
Genre: Color
ISBN:

Treatise On Light

Treatise On Light
Author: Christiaan Huygens
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2020-07-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3752308168

Reproduction of the original: Treatise On Light by Christiaan Huygens

What Is Light

What Is Light
Author: Phd Rebecca E. Rehfeld
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 107
Release: 2008-03-21
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0615203264

What is Light is a collection of poetry about life, love, spiritual growth, and learning to embrace ourselves as spiritual beings who are currently engaged in a human experience.

Physics in the Arts

Physics in the Arts
Author: Pupa U.P.A. Gilbert
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2021-01-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128243481

Physics in the Arts, Third Edition gives science enthusiasts and liberal arts students an engaging, accessible exploration of physical phenomena, particularly with regard to sound and light. This book offers an alternative route to science literacy for those interested in the arts, music and photography. Suitable for a typical course on sound and light for non-science majors, Gilbert and Haeberli's trusted text covers the nature of sound and sound perception as well as important concepts and topics such as light and light waves, reflection and refraction, lenses, the eye and the ear, photography, color and color vision, and additive and subtractive color mixing. Additional sections cover color generating mechanisms, periodic oscillations, simple harmonic motion, damped oscillations and resonance, vibration of strings, Fourier analysis, musical scales and musical instruments. - Winner of a 2022 Textbook Excellence Award (College) (Texty) from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association - Offers an alternative route to science literacy for those interested in the visual arts, music and photography - Includes a new and unique quantitative encoding approach to color vision, additive and subtractive color mixing, a section on a simplified approach to quantitative digital photography, how the ear-brain system works as a Fourier analyzer, and updated and expanded exercises and solutions - Provides a wealth of student resources including in-text solutions and online materials including demo and lecture videos, practice problems, and other useful files: https://www.elsevier.com/books-and-journals/book-companion/9780128243473 - Supplies teaching materials for qualified instructors, including chapter image banks, model homework sets, and model exams: ttps://educate.elsevier.com/book/details/9780128243473

The Scattering of Light and Other Electromagnetic Radiation

The Scattering of Light and Other Electromagnetic Radiation
Author: Milton Kerker
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 685
Release: 2016-06-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1483225240

The Scattering of Light and other Electromagnetic Radiation covers the theory of electromagnetic scattering and its practical applications to light scattering. This book is divided into 10 chapters that particularly present examples of practical applications to light scattering from colloidal and macromolecular systems. The opening chapters survey the physical concept of electromagnetic waves and optics. The subsequent chapters deal with the theory of scattering by spheres and infinitely long cylinders. These topics are followed by discussions on the application of light scattering to the determination of the size distribution of colloidal particles. The last chapters are devoted to the Rayleigh-Debye scattering and the scattering by liquids, as well as the concept of anisotropy. These chapters also describe the effect upon light scattering of partial orientation of anisotropic particles in electrical and magnetic fields and in viscous flow. This book is of value to physical chemists and physical chemistry researchers, teachers, and students.

Light–Matter Interaction

Light–Matter Interaction
Author: Olaf Stenzel
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 558
Release: 2022-02-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030871444

This book offers a didactic introduction to light–matter interactions at both the classical and semi-classical levels. Pursuing an approach that describes the essential physics behind the functionality of any optical element, it acquaints students with the broad areas of optics and photonics. Its rigorous, bottom-up approach to the subject, using model systems ranging from individual atoms and simple molecules to crystalline and amorphous solids, gradually builds up the reader’s familiarity and confidence with the subject matter. Throughout the book, the detailed mathematical treatment and examples of practical applications are accompanied by problems with worked-out solutions. In short, the book provides the most essential information for any graduate or advanced undergraduate student wishing to begin their course of study in the field of photonics, or to brush up on important concepts prior to an examination.