Let there be light : the story of light from atoms to galaxies / Ann Breslin & Alex Montwill.
By: Breslin, Ann
Contributor(s): Montwill, Alex
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TextPublisher: London : Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., c2013Edition: 2nd edDescription: xix, 531 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN: 9781848167599 (pbk.)Subject(s): Light -- Popular works | Electromagnetic waves | Physics -- HistoryDDC classification: 535 LOC classification: QC358.5 | .B74 2013| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Mangalore University Library | 535 BRE M (Browse shelf) | Available | A18876 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introducing light -- Light as a ray : reflection -- Light as a ray : 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 magnetism, and then there was light-- -- 'Atoms of light' : the birth of quantum theory -- 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 -- Road to 'heavy light'.
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