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A Brief History Of Light And Those That Lit The Way
Author | : Richard J Weiss |
Publsiher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1996-08-15 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9789814500005 |
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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.
A Brief History of Light and Those that Lit the Way
Author | : Richard Jerome Weiss |
Publsiher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9789810223779 |
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This text traces the interplay of forces in the history of light from the 17th century to the 1990s. It provides portraits of many of the scientists whose achievements constituted that history, and of major inventors and artistic and literary figures who c.
Under the Microscope
Author | : William J. Croft |
Publsiher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 153 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9789810237813 |
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This is a brief history of the development of microscopy, from the use of beads and water droplets in ancient Greece, through the simple magnifying glass, to the modern compound microscope. The technology and optical theory are developed in a straightforward manner, and this leads to a description and explanation of the most modern technologies in electron microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy as well as the new scanning probe microscopies. A series of very interesting applications of the various microscopic techniques are described. The most recent pioneering techniques in near field and confocal optical microscope technologies are described and evaluated for their future importance.
Science and Its Times
Author | : Neil Schlager |
Publsiher | : Gale |
Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0787639354 |
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This volume, consisting of divisions by subject areas, presents topical essays, biographical sketches of scientists, and a listing of primary source documents.
The World Book Encyclopedia
Author | : World Book, Inc |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0716601079 |
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The 'World Book Encyclopedia' was first published in 1917 as an 8-volume set. The encyclopedia has been expanded many times through the years and now has 22 volumes. This edition contains 2900 new or revised articles, 200 new or revised maps, 225 new photos, 212 new tables and charts, and 4890 pages are revised.
Encyclopedia of Stage Lighting
Author | : Jody Briggs |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2015-06-14 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9781476603001 |
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This encyclopedia contains more than 1500 detailed entries covering such topics as equipment, methods, concepts, design process, electricity, characteristics of light, and lightboard operations. Where applicable, entries present both the historical and current significance of the apparatus or concept being described. Entries are extensively cross-referenced, and many include line drawings and samples of lighting paperwork.
A Brief History of the Flood
Author | : Jean Harfenist |
Publsiher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 171 |
Release | : 2007-12-18 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780307424273 |
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Lillian Anderson is a strong-minded, backwoods-Minnesota girl, well-versed in the basics of survival. She can find air to breathe under a capsized boat, drive in a blizzard, or capture a wild duck. As part of a large struggling family, she tiptoes around her explosive father whose best days always come right after he’s poached something and her neurotically optimistic mother whose bursts of vigor bring added chaos. Lillian barrels through adolescence with no illusions about her future, honing her clerical skills while working the nightshift as a salad girl in the airport kitchen. Just as she’s on her feet and moving out, their house is literally sinking into the marsh. Stunningly honest, this story explores the fierce love that binds family together.
Optics in Our Time
Author | : Mohammad D. Al-Amri,Mohamed El-Gomati,M. Suhail Zubairy |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 509 |
Release | : 2016-12-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9783319319032 |
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Light and light based technologies have played an important role in transforming our lives via scientific contributions spanned over thousands of years. In this book we present a vast collection of articles on various aspects of light and its applications in the contemporary world at a popular or semi-popular level. These articles are written by the world authorities in their respective fields. This is therefore a rare volume where the world experts have come together to present the developments in this most important field of science in an almost pedagogical manner. This volume covers five aspects related to light. The first presents two articles, one on the history of the nature of light, and the other on the scientific achievements of Ibn-Haitham (Alhazen), who is broadly considered the father of modern optics. These are then followed by an article on ultrafast phenomena and the invisible world. The third part includes papers on specific sources of light, the discoveries of which have revolutionized optical technologies in our lifetime. They discuss the nature and the characteristics of lasers, Solid-state lighting based on the Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology, and finally modern electron optics and its relationship to the Muslim golden age in science. The book’s fourth part discusses various applications of optics and light in today's world, including biophotonics, art, optical communication, nanotechnology, the eye as an optical instrument, remote sensing, and optics in medicine. In turn, the last part focuses on quantum optics, a modern field that grew out of the interaction of light and matter. Topics addressed include atom optics, slow, stored and stationary light, optical tests of the foundation of physics, quantum mechanical properties of light fields carrying orbital angular momentum, quantum communication, and Wave-Particle dualism in action.