| 청구기호 |
QC355.3 W38 2016 |
| 형태사항 |
xiv, 282 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
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| 언어 |
English |
| 서지주기 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-271) and index.
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| 내용 |
"This light is come" : myths of creation and first light -- "The thing you call light" : early philosophers from Greece to China -- "The highest bliss" : the millennium of divine radiance -- "A glass like a glittering star" : Islam’s golden age -- "Bright is the noble edifice" : paradise in the Middle Ages -- Chiaro e scuro : light and dark on canvas -- "Investigate with me what light is" : the scientific revolution and the century of celestial light -- "In my darken’d chamber" : Isaac Newton and Opticks -- "A wild and harmonized tune" : the romantics and the light seductive -- Undulations : particle vs. wave -- Lumiere : France’s dazzling century -- "Little globe of sunshine" : electricity conquers the night -- c : Einstein and the quanta, particle, and wave -- "Catching up with our dreams" : lasers and other everyday wonders.
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| 주제 |
Light --History.
Optics --History.
Light --Philosophy.
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| ISBN |
9781620405598 (HB)
, 1620405598 (HB)
, 9781620405611 (ePub)
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