Hoeppe, Götz,  1969- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/> Translated from the German. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-323) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780691124537 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006026520 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA711984  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013672364  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Color--History.<br/>Color (Philosophy)<br/>Optics--History.<br/>Light--Scattering.<br/>Atmospheric physics.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC494.7  / .H6413 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>551.56/6