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Sunlight and shadows -- Reflections of light -- Refraction of light -- The curvature of light rays in the atmosphere -- Intensity and brightness of light -- The eye -- Colours -- After-images and contrast phenomena -- Judging shape and motion -- Rainbows, haloes and coronae -- L…
A highly engaging study of mirages, illusions of multiple moons, the fata morgana, colored shadows and scores of other phenomena in a book praised by Science and Math Weekly as a great depository of projects, science fair ventures, experiments, and always pure pleasure. 202 illu…
This volume provides a thorough and up-to-date treatment of multiple scattering of light and other electromagnetic radiation in media composed of randomly and sparsely positioned particles. It systematically and consistently presents radiative transfer theory as a branch of clas…
Despite the shared human experience in which spaces appear radically different depending on time, season, and weather, social science investigation on the subject is meager. From Light to Dark fills this gap, focusing on our interaction with daylight, illumination, and darkness …
Light pervades the world, and when it is not light, darkness emerges and is combated by electric illumination. Despite this globally shared human experience in which spaces appear radically different depending on time, season, and weather, social science investigation on the sub…