TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hoeppe,Götz
TI  - Why the sky is blue: discovering the color of life 
SN  - 9780691124537 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - QC494.7 .H6413 2007
U1  - 551.56/6 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Color
KW  - History
KW  - Color (Philosophy)
KW  - Optics
KW  - Light
KW  - Scattering
KW  - Atmospheric physics
N1  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0619/2006026520.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0704/2006026520-d.html
ER  -