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Light Years: An exploration of mankind’s enduring fascination with light

By Brian Clegg (Auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2008
ISBN
978-0-230-52725-6, 978-1-349-99581-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2382871 bytes)
Series
Macmillan Science
Edition
1
Pages
IX, 262\272
Time added
2018-03-04 00:00:30
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Description

The fully updated 2nd edition of this critically acclaimed book covers the exciting developments in light science of the past five years. Light Years is an engaging survey of everything we know of the universe's most enigmatic phenomenon and the remarkable people who have been captivated by it. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix At the Speed of Light (Brian Clegg)....Pages 1-10 The Philosophers (Brian Clegg)....Pages 11-26 Out of the Darkness (Brian Clegg)....Pages 27-50 Engines of Light (Brian Clegg)....Pages 51-71 Seeing Further (Brian Clegg)....Pages 72-104 Light’s Anatomy (Brian Clegg)....Pages 105-132 Death of the Ether (Brian Clegg)....Pages 133-168 Fearful Symmetry (Brian Clegg)....Pages 169-191 QED (Brian Clegg)....Pages 192-217 Tangled Light (Brian Clegg)....Pages 218-230 Tyger! Tyger! (Brian Clegg)....Pages 231-246 Back Matter ....Pages 247-262

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