Let there be light
Subtitle: the story of light from atoms to galaxies
By: Ann Breslin & Alex Montwill
Contributors: Montwill, Alex
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Imperial College Press; Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London; Singapore; Hackensack, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 531
ISBN-13: 9781848167582; 9781848167599
Subjects: Light; Popular works; Electromagnetic waves; Physics; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing light; title: Light as a ray : reflection; title: Light as a ray : refraction; title: Light from afar : astronomy; title: Light from the past : astrophysics; title: Introducing waves; title: Sound waves; title: Light as a wave; title: Making images; title: There was electricity, there was magnetism, and then there was light; title: 'Atoms of light' : the birth of quantum theory; title: Development of quantum mechanics; title: Atoms of light acting as particles; title: Atoms of light behaving as waves; title: Relativity part 1 : how it began; title: Relativity part 2 : verifiable predictions; title: Road to 'heavy light'.