Let there be light : the story of light from atoms to galaxies / Alex Montwill & Ann Breslin.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Imperial College Press ; 2013.Edition: 2nd rev. edDescription: 552 p. ill ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781848167599 (pbk.)
- 1848167598 (pbk.)
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- QC358.5 .M66 2008
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introducing light -- Geometrical optics : reflection -- Geometric optics : refraction -- Light from afar : astronomy -- Light from the past : astrophysics -- Introducing waves -- Sound waves -- Light as a wave -- Making images -- There was electricity, there was magneticism, and then there was light-- -- 'Atoms of light' : the birth of quantum theory -- The development of quantum mechanics -- Atoms of light acting as particles -- Atoms of light behaving as waves -- Relativity part 1 : how it began -- Relativity part 2 : verifiable predictions -- Epilogue.
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