Montwill, Alex.

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.

9781860948503 (hbk.) 1860948502 (hbk.) 1848163282 (pbk.) 9781848163287 (pbk.)

2009275573


Light--Popular works.
Physics--History.
Electromagnetic waves.

QC358.5 / .M66 2008

535 / M814L