01662nam a2200277 a 4500 vtls000040107 KUKTEM 20251117150116.0 090713t2008 enkao f b 001 0 eng d 9781860948503 1860948502 201107132315 VLOAD 201004261059 jamee 200908141646 VLOAD 200908141625 VLOAD 200907130918 nadia UMP QC358.5 .M66 2008 Montwill, Alex. 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 Electromagnetic waves Physics History Breslin, Ann. 0 0 0 0 10000 10000 2019-09-04 284.00 0 QC358.5 .M66 2008 0000045447 2019-09-04 00:00:00 1 284.00 2019-09-04 OPEN VIRTUA40 51598 51604 VTLSSORT0080*0200*0201*0400*0900*1000*2450*2600*3000*5040*5050*6500*6501*6502*7000*9991