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Light Years: The Extraordinary Story of Mankind’s Fascination with Light

By Brian Clegg

Book information

Publisher
Icon Books
Year
2015
ISBN
9781848318144
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
959 kB (982047 bytes)
Pages
288\0
Time added
2019-04-03 15:03:50
Physics;Light;Quantum Physics

Description

Brian Clegg recounts how ancient civilizations understood light spiritually, and looks at the first scientific grapplings with light. Clegg looks at the contribution of artists to our understanding of light, examines the great revolutionaries of light theory including Galileo and Albert Einstein, and explains the mind-bending advances of quantum physics. Preface Acknowledgements   1. At the speed of light   2. The philosophers   3. Out of the darkness   4. Engines of light   5. Seeing further   6. Light’s anatomy   7. Death of the ether   8. Fearful symmetry   9. QED 10. Tangled light 11. Tyger! Tyger! Browsing Further reading Index

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