The Resource Light : a radiant history, from creation to the quantum age, Bruce Watson
Light : a radiant history, from creation to the quantum age, Bruce Watson
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The item Light : a radiant history, from creation to the quantum age, Bruce Watson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chelmsford Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "Delving into mythology, religion, philosophy, painting, and science, 'Light' captures the wonder and awe of humanity's study of light across three millennia of discovery"--Front jacket flap
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- "This light is come" : myths of creation and first light
- "The thing you call light" : early philosophers from Greece to China
- :The highest bliss" : the millennium of divine radiance
- "A glass like a glittering star" : Islam's Golden Age
- "Bright is the noble edifice" : paradise in the Middle Ages
- Chiaro e scuro : light and dark on canvas
- "Investigate with me what light is" : the Scientific Revolution and the Century of Celestial Light
- "In my darken'd chamber" : Isaac Newton and "Opticks"
- "A wild and harmonized tune" : the Romantics and the light seductive
- Undulations : particle vs. wave
- Lumière : France's dazzling century
- "Little globe of sunshine" : electricity conquers the night
- c: Einstein and the quanta, particle, and wave
- "Catching up with our dreams" : lasers and other everyday wonders
- Isbn
- 9781620405598
- Label
- Light : a radiant history, from creation to the quantum age
- Title
- Light
- Title remainder
- a radiant history, from creation to the quantum age
- Statement of responsibility
- Bruce Watson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Delving into mythology, religion, philosophy, painting, and science, 'Light' captures the wonder and awe of humanity's study of light across three millennia of discovery"--Front jacket flap
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1953-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Watson, Bruce
- Dewey number
- 535
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QC355.3
- LC item number
- .W38 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Light
- Optics
- Light
- Label
- Light : a radiant history, from creation to the quantum age, Bruce Watson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-271) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "This light is come" : myths of creation and first light -- "The thing you call light" : early philosophers from Greece to China -- :The highest bliss" : the millennium of divine radiance -- "A glass like a glittering star" : Islam's Golden Age -- "Bright is the noble edifice" : paradise in the Middle Ages -- Chiaro e scuro : light and dark on canvas -- "Investigate with me what light is" : the Scientific Revolution and the Century of Celestial Light -- "In my darken'd chamber" : Isaac Newton and "Opticks" -- "A wild and harmonized tune" : the Romantics and the light seductive -- Undulations : particle vs. wave -- Lumière : France's dazzling century -- "Little globe of sunshine" : electricity conquers the night -- c: Einstein and the quanta, particle, and wave -- "Catching up with our dreams" : lasers and other everyday wonders
- Control code
- 1634473
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781620405598
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1634473
- (OCoLC)907966073
- Label
- Light : a radiant history, from creation to the quantum age, Bruce Watson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-271) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "This light is come" : myths of creation and first light -- "The thing you call light" : early philosophers from Greece to China -- :The highest bliss" : the millennium of divine radiance -- "A glass like a glittering star" : Islam's Golden Age -- "Bright is the noble edifice" : paradise in the Middle Ages -- Chiaro e scuro : light and dark on canvas -- "Investigate with me what light is" : the Scientific Revolution and the Century of Celestial Light -- "In my darken'd chamber" : Isaac Newton and "Opticks" -- "A wild and harmonized tune" : the Romantics and the light seductive -- Undulations : particle vs. wave -- Lumière : France's dazzling century -- "Little globe of sunshine" : electricity conquers the night -- c: Einstein and the quanta, particle, and wave -- "Catching up with our dreams" : lasers and other everyday wonders
- Control code
- 1634473
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781620405598
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1634473
- (OCoLC)907966073
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