Let there be light :
Montwill, Alex.
Let there be light : the story of light from atoms to galaxies / Alex Montwill & Ann Breslin. - London : Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., c2008. - xxxiii, 595 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
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.
9781848163287 (pbk.)
2009275573
Light--Popular works.
Electromagnetic waves.
Physics--History.
QC358.5 / .M66 2008
535
Let there be light : the story of light from atoms to galaxies / Alex Montwill & Ann Breslin. - London : Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., c2008. - xxxiii, 595 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
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.
9781848163287 (pbk.)
2009275573
Light--Popular works.
Electromagnetic waves.
Physics--History.
QC358.5 / .M66 2008
535