Let there be light the story of light from atoms to galaxies
Alex Montwill & Ann Breslin.
- London Singapore Hackensack, NJ Imperial College Press Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co. c2008.
- xxxiii, 595 p. ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) 24 cm.
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.