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Richard J. Weiss
ISBN: 9789810223786
Format: Paperback
Publisher:World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Edition: Reissue
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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.
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 | |
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| | | 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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