Brief History Of Light And Those That Lit The Way, A
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Brief History Of Light And Those That Lit The Way, A

  1. 188 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Brief History Of Light And Those That Lit The Way, A

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Introduction
  4. CHAPTER I 16th and 17th Centuries
  5. CHAPTER II 18th Century
  6. CHAPTER III 19th Century
  7. CHAPTER IV Early 20th Century
  8. CHAPTER V Tutorial 1 The Photon and the Electron
  9. CHAPTER VI Early 20th Century Part 2
  10. CHAPTER VII Tutorial 2 Photons and Electrons
  11. CHAPTER VIII Early 20th Century Part 3
  12. CHAPTER IX Tutorial 3 Riding A Photon
  13. CHAPTER X Early 20th Century Part 4
  14. CHAPTER XI Tutorial 4 Illusion and Reality
  15. CHAPTER XII Early 20th Century Part 5
  16. CHAPTER XIII Latter Half of the 20th Century Part 1
  17. CHAPTER XIV Tutorial Photons Versus Electrons 5
  18. CHAPTER XV Latter Half of the 20th Century Part 2