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Optical anecdotes / D.J. Lovell

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: SPIE press monograph ; PM141Publisher: Bellingham, Washington : SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering, [2004]Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 134 pages)ISBN:
  • 9781510607910
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 0819455059 | 9780819455055 | Erscheint auch als: Optical anecdotes. Druck-Ausgabe 7. print. Bellingham, Wash : SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2004. XIII, 134 S. | Erscheint auch als: No title Druck-AusgabeDDC classification:
  • 535.09
RVK: RVK: UB 2420LOC classification:
  • QC352
DOI: DOI: 10.1117/3.2265065Online resources: Additional physical formats: Also available in print version.Summary: Preface -- Introduction / Harold S. Stewart -- 1. Optics in antiquity -- 2. The greatest authority on optics in the Middle Ages -- 3. The evolution of optic technology -- 4. Precision prior to telescopes -- 5. Glass optical instruments -- 6. The dawn of modern science -- 7. The inception of modern optics -- 8. The solidification of optics -- 9. The majesty of Newton -- 10. The dissemination of optical knowledge -- 11. The achromatic lens -- 12. A seventeenth century concept of light -- 13. The rise of scientific societies -- 14. The discovery of invisible light -- 15. Does invisible light exist? -- 16. Science begins to mature -- 17. Arago's adventures -- 18. The Napoleonic influence -- 19. An unexpected discovery -- 20. The legacy of Fourier -- 21. Young and the Rosetta Stone -- 22. Confirmation of the wave theory -- 23. Brewster's optical toy -- 24. Letters to a German princess -- 25. Extending the optical spectrum -- 26. New insights into wavelengths -- 27. The evolution of spectroscopy -- 28. A glance at nineteenth century science -- 29. The exploits of an optical observer -- 30. The demise of the ether -- 31. Quanta and photons -- 32. The blooming of American science -- 33. Wartime incentive -- 34. Coating telescope mirrors -- 35. Holography - the new photography -- 36. Retrospection -- Bibliography -- IndexPPN: PPN: 1018191305Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-50-SPI
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