Zapped
Subtitle: from infrared to X-rays, the curious history of invisible light
By: Bob Berman
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780316311304
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Spectrum analysis; Light; Philosophy; Radiation; Optics; History
Description: "Zapped tells the story of all the light we cannot see, tracing microwaves, X-rays, gamma rays, radio waves, infrared, ultraviolet, and other forms of radiation from their historic, world-altering discoveries in the nineteenth century to their central role in modern life"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Light fantastic; title: Now you see it, now you don't; title: The green planet and the red heat; title: Hot rays; title: Ultraviolet brings the blues; title: Danger beyond the violet; title: Energy rhythms; title: The exploding sun; title: No soap; title: Turning on and tuning in; title: The speed that destroyed space and time; title: Microwaves everywhere; title: The man with the X-ray vision; title: Rontgen rays for everyone; title: What's in your basement; title: The atomic quartet; title: Gamma rays : the impossible light; title: Cell-phone radiation; title: Cosmic rays; title: Beams from the universe's birth; title: Energy from our minds; title: Ray guns; title: The next frontier : zero-point and dark energies; title: Total solar eclipse : when the rays stop; title: ETs may be broadcasting, but what's their number; title: Does light have a bright future; title: Light fantastic; title: Now you see it, now you don't; title: The green planet and the red heat; title: Hot rays; title: Ultraviolet brings the blues; title: Danger beyond the violet; title: Energy rhythms; title: The exploding sun; title: No soap; title: Turning on and tuning in; title: The speed that destroyed space and time; title: Microwaves everywhere; title: The man with the X-ray vision; title: Röntgen rays for everyone; title: What's in your basement?; title: The atomic quartet; title: Gamma rays : the impossible light; title: Cell-phone radiation; title: Cosmic rays; title: Beams from the universe's birth; title: Energy from our minds; title: Ray guns; title: The next frontier : zero-point and dark energies; title: Total solar eclipse : when the rays stop; title: ETs may be broadcasting, but what's their number?; title: Does light have a bright future?