A Brief History of Light and Those That Lit the Way

A Brief History of Light and Those That Lit the Way
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Publisher : World Scientific
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : 9812385118
ISBN-13 : 9789812385116
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Book Synopsis A Brief History of Light and Those That Lit the Way by : Richard J. Weiss

Download or read book A Brief History of Light and Those That Lit the Way written by Richard J. Weiss and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1996 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Readership: General.


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