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The autobiography of light

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The autobiography of light/ by George Grammatikakis.
Author:	Grammatikakis, George.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2024.,
Description:	xxii, 292 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Light. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56917-3
ISBN:	9783031569173

The autobiography of light
Grammatikakis, George.

The autobiography of light[electronic resource] /by George Grammatikakis. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2024. - xxii, 292 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm.

Chapter 1. Light's Virtues and Vices -- Chapter 2. Light's Revelation of Time and Space -- Chapter 3. The Quantum Realm of the Microcosm -- Chapter 4. Light Shakes Hands with Life and Art -- Chapter 5.The Universe: The Empire of Light -- Chapter 6. Epilogue.

This book brings to life one of the most fundamental entities in the universe: the electromagnetic waves that we perceive as light. With his gift for narrative, the author explains the nature of light and the long history of its influence on human ideas, technology and culture. From early attempts to understand vision and colours, through relativity and quantum theory, visual art and laser technology to the birth of stars and attempts to photograph their end, readers will come to appreciate the central role of light not only in human history, but also in the history of the cosmos. This grand tour ends in a flourish, with an epilogue written in the first person by the protagonist itself: a true Autobiography of Light. All chapters in the book are relatively self-contained, allowing readers to dip freely in and out. What makes this captivating story so original is the effort made to point out the affinity between the study of light and achievements in the realm of culture.

ISBN: 9783031569173

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-56917-3doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

579833
Light.

LC Class. No.: QC355.3

Dewey Class. No.: 535

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