Patterns of Light: Chasing the Spectrum from Aristotle to LEDs

by James W. Mayer and Steven Beeson

Book Overview

Any student or engineer working in optics or the field of laser technology will find this a fascinating read. The book begins by addressing the properties of light as seen in the everyday world: events such as refraction in a pool, lenses in the form of glasses, the colors of objects, and atmospheric events. Latter chapters explain these events at the atomic and subatomic level and address the use of electron and optical microscopy in observing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387751068
• ISBN13: 9780387751061
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"