Explains the science of light and presents a history of light-related technology including lasers and fiber optics and speculates on future uses of optical technology.
Optics: illuminating the power of light
by Kirkland, Kyle, Grady, Sean M.
fromScience & technology in focus
"Qu'est-ce que la lumière, cette lumière qui éclaire et fascine l'humanité depuis le début des temps ? Replaçant ses propres travaux dans la perspective de la riche épopée de la connaissance, Serge Haroche dresse ici le tableau de ce que nous savons aujourd'hui de la lumière, de…
"Qu'est-ce que la lumière, cette lumière qui éclaire et fascine l'humanité depuis le début des temps ? Replaçant ses propres travaux dans la perspective de la riche épopée de la connaissance, Serge Haroche dresse ici le tableau de ce que nous savons aujourd'hui de la lumière, de…
The fifth edition of The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millennium provides you with the fundamentals of astronomical knowledge that have been built up over decades, with an expanded discussion of the incredible advances that are now taking place in this fast-paced field, such as …
What is the effect of light as it measures the seasons? How does light leave different traces on the terrain-on a Pacific Island, in the Aegean Sea, high in the Alps, or in the forest? John Sallis considers the expansiveness of nature and the range of human vision in essays abou…
What is the effect of light as it measures the seasons? How does light leave different traces on the terrain-on a Pacific Island, in the Aegean Sea, high in the Alps, or in the forest? John Sallis considers the expansiveness of nature and the range of human vision in essays abou…
Light traces
by Sallis, John C., Vallega, Alejandro A.
fromStudies in Continental thought
What is the effect of light as it measures the seasons? How does light leave different traces on the terrain-on a Pacific Island, in the Aegean Sea, high in the Alps, or in the forest? John Sallis considers the expansiveness of nature and the range of human vision in essays abou…
This book considers the expansiveness of nature and the range of human vision in essays about the effect of light and luminosity on place. The author writes of nature and the elements, employing a range of philosophical, geographical, and historical knowledge. Paintings and draw…
What is the effect of light as it measures the seasons? How does light leave different traces on the terrain-on a Pacific Island, in the Aegean Sea, high in the Alps, or in the forest? John Sallis considers the expansiveness of nature and the range of human vision in essays abou…
Introduction to optics
by Pedrotti, Frank L., Pedrotti, Leno S., Pedrotti, Leno Matthew
'Light' begins at Stonehenge, where crowds cheer a solstice sunrise. After sampling myths explaining First Light, the story moves on to early philosophers' queries, then through the centuries, from Buddhist temples to Biblical scripture, when light was the soul of the divine. Ba…