Zapped
eBook - ePub

Zapped

From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Zapped

From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light

About this book

The universe is literally made of light

One hundred years after they were written, Marie Curie’s notebooks are still too radioactive to handle

In 1974 we sent a message to star cluster M13. If any aliens respond promptly, we’ll hear from them in 52000

From world-altering discoveries of the past to the wonderful science of the present, Bob Berman zooms across the universe to tell the story of invisible light. He reveals what microwaves from smartphones do to our brains, how birds use ultraviolet light to track prey, why gamma rays are the most powerful form of light, and so much more. Replete with amazing characters and mindboggling quantum leaps, Zapped offers a teasing peek into the future and some of the startling technologies we might yet live to see.

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Information

Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Year
2018
eBook ISBN
9781786073747
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Optics & Light

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. CHAPTER 1: Light Fantastic
  6. CHAPTER 2: Now You See It, Now You Don’t
  7. CHAPTER 3: The Green Planet and the Red Heat
  8. CHAPTER 4: Hot Rays
  9. CHAPTER 5: Ultraviolet Brings the Blues
  10. CHAPTER 6: Danger Beyond the Violet
  11. CHAPTER 7: Energy Rhythms
  12. CHAPTER 8: The Exploding Sun
  13. CHAPTER 9: No Soap
  14. CHAPTER 10: Turning On and Tuning In
  15. CHAPTER 11: The Speed That Destroyed Space and Time
  16. CHAPTER 12: Microwaves Everywhere
  17. CHAPTER 13: The Man with the X-ray Vision
  18. CHAPTER 14: Röntgen Rays for Everyone
  19. CHAPTER 15: What’s in Your Basement?
  20. CHAPTER 16: The Atomic Quartet
  21. CHAPTER 17: Gamma Rays: The Impossible Light
  22. CHAPTER 18: Cell-Phone Radiation
  23. CHAPTER 19: Cosmic Rays
  24. CHAPTER 20: Beams from the Universe’s Birth
  25. CHAPTER 21: Energy from Our Minds
  26. CHAPTER 22: Ray Guns
  27. CHAPTER 23: The Next Frontier: Zero-Point and Dark Energies
  28. CHAPTER 24: Total Solar Eclipse: When the Rays Stop
  29. CHAPTER 25: ETs May Be Broadcasting, but What’s Their Number?
  30. CHAPTER 26: Does Light Have a Bright Future?
  31. Index
  32. Copyright

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