A Brief History of Light and Those That Lit the Way

This text traces the interplay of the forces in the history of light from the 17th century to the 1990s. It provides portraits of many of the scientists whose achievements costituted that history, and of major inventors and artistic and literary figures who contributed.

ISBN	9810223781	Volumes	001
ISBN13	9789810223786 (What's this?)	Weight (grammes)	327
Publisher	World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd	Published in	Singapore
Imprint	World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd	Series ISSN	1
Format	Paperback	Series title	Series in Popular Science
Publication date	08 Jan 1996	Height (mm)	220
Library of Congress	QC355.2.W4	Width (mm)	151
DEWEY	535	Spine width (mm)	8
DEWEY edition	DC20	Academic level	General
Pages	200

	Preface
	Introduction
Ch. I	16th and 17th Centuries	1
Ch. II	18th Century	20
Ch. III	19th Century	33
Ch. IV	Early 20th Century - Part 1	87
Ch. V	Tutorial 1, The Photon and the Electron	92
Ch. VI	Early 20th Century - Part 2	101
Ch. VII	Tutorial 2, Photons and Electrons	106
Ch. VIII	Early 20th Century - Part 3	115
Ch. IX	Tutorial 3, Riding a Photon	131
Ch. X	Early 20th Century - Part 4	135
Ch. XI	Tutorial 4, Illusion and Reality	147
Ch. XII	Early 20th Century - Part 5	149
Ch. XIII	Latter Half of the 20th Century - Part 1	164
Ch. XIV	Tutorial 5, Photons versus Electrons	166
Ch. XV	Latter Half of the 20th Century - Part 2	168

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