Why the sky is blue :
Hoeppe, Götz, 1969-
Why the sky is blue : discovering the color of life / Götz Hoeppe ; translated with John Stewart. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007. - xx, 336 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Translated from the German.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-323) and index.
Of philosophers and the color blue -- A blue mixture : light and darkness -- Aerial perspective -- A color of the first order -- Basic phenomenon, or optical illusion? -- A polarized sky -- Lord Rayleigh's scattering -- Molecular reality -- Ozone's blue hour -- The color of life.
9780691124537 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2006026520
GBA711984 bnb
013672364 Uk
Color--History.
Color (Philosophy)
Optics--History.
Light--Scattering.
Atmospheric physics.
QC494.7 / .H6413 2007
551.56/6
Why the sky is blue : discovering the color of life / Götz Hoeppe ; translated with John Stewart. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007. - xx, 336 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Translated from the German.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-323) and index.
Of philosophers and the color blue -- A blue mixture : light and darkness -- Aerial perspective -- A color of the first order -- Basic phenomenon, or optical illusion? -- A polarized sky -- Lord Rayleigh's scattering -- Molecular reality -- Ozone's blue hour -- The color of life.
9780691124537 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2006026520
GBA711984 bnb
013672364 Uk
Color--History.
Color (Philosophy)
Optics--History.
Light--Scattering.
Atmospheric physics.
QC494.7 / .H6413 2007
551.56/6