01732nam a2200313Ia 4500 322357 20160527191433.0 130603s2008 enkab b 001 0 eng d 2009275573 9781860948503 (hbk.) 1860948502 (hbk.) 1848163282 (pbk.) 9781848163287 (pbk.) (OCoLC)ocn173808068 YDXCP YDXCP BAKER BTCTA BWK CDX ESU OCLCQ BWX IXA DLC lccopycat QC358.5 .M66 2008 535 M814L 22 Montwill, Alex. 255109 Local Let there be light the story of light from atoms to galaxies Alex Montwill & Ann Breslin. London Imperial College Press Singapore Hackensack, NJ 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. Light Popular works. 126169 Local Physics History. 150872 Local Electromagnetic waves. 91164 Local Breslin, Ann. 204503 Local 240017 240017 0 0 ddc 0 535_000000000000000_M814L 0 evl 145219 10 10 1 2016-05-27 Amazon 42.87 514190 2 535 M814L 80000002479338 2017-04-11 00:00:00 2017-03-21 r:322357 z:Presup. 2012-13 6