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100 1 _aMontwill, Alex.
245 1 0 _aLet there be light :
_bthe story of light from atoms to galaxies /
_cAlex Montwill & Ann Breslin.
260 _aLondon :
_bImperial College Press ;
_aSingapore ;
_aHackensack, NJ :
_bDistributed by World Scientific Pub. Co.,
_cc2008.
300 _axxxiii, 595 p. :
_bill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroducing 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.
650 0 _aLight
_vPopular works.
650 0 _aElectromagnetic waves.
650 0 _aPhysics
_xHistory.
700 1 _aBreslin, Ann.
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