TY  - BOOK
AU  - Montwill,Alex
AU  - Breslin,Ann
TI  - Let there be light: the story of light from atoms to galaxies 
SN  - 9781848163287 (pbk.)
AV  - QC358.5 .M66 2008
U1  - 535 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London, Singapore, Hackensack, NJ
PB  - Imperial College Press, Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co.
KW  - Light
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Electromagnetic waves
KW  - Physics
KW  - History
N1  - 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
ER  -