000438201 000__ 03418cam\a2200409\a\4500 000438201 001__ 438201 000438201 005__ 20210513152827.0 000438201 006__ m\\\\\\\\u\\\\\\\\ 000438201 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000438201 008__ 120529s2012\\\\nyua\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000438201 010__ $$z 2011938685 000438201 020__ $$a9781461406167 (electronic bk.) 000438201 020__ $$z9781461406150 000438201 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn759858157 000438201 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10510121 000438201 035__ $$a438201 000438201 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000438201 05014 $$aQC355.3$$b.B44 2012eb 000438201 1001_ $$aBeech, Martin,$$d1959- 000438201 24514 $$aThe physics of invisibility$$h[electronic resource] :$$ba story of light and deception /$$cMartin Beech. 000438201 260__ $$aNew York :$$bSpringer,$$c2012. 000438201 300__ $$a1 online resource (xvii, 206 p.) :$$bill. (some col.) 000438201 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000438201 5050_ $$aOf all things visible and invisible -- A very brief history of light -- Mirror tricks, the art of cloaking and seeing the impossible -- Maxwell's marvelous waves -- The metamaterial revolution -- Afterword -- Appendix. 000438201 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000438201 520__ $$a"Arthur C. Clarke famously wrote that, 'any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.' These words most certainly ring true with respect to invisibility cloaking devices. At work is the magic of science, of course. The technology to make an object simply disappear from view is now a reality. There is both great fear and great desire in the thought of invisibility. Indeed, for thousands of years, authors have grappled with the idea. Power, devilry, secrecy, ethical dilemma, and moral corruption - invisibility has it all. And yet, our waking world is full of familiar invisible phenomena. Electricity flowing along a metal wire, the gravity that keeps us grounded, the air we breathe, the bacteria and viruses that make us ill, the X-rays that reveal our broken bones - all are invisible to our eyes. They surround and envelop us, and we don't give them a second thought. Nature long ago learned how to play tricks with light rays, enriching the world with rainbows, mirages, and animal camouflage. The new physics of invisibility simply aims to take these tricks of nature a few steps further. Indeed, by learning what light is and how it interacts with matter, physicists have begun to take control of light - with metamaterials, which, man made, can be precisely melded, warped, twisted, transformed, and even time-edited. In this book the ancient and modern story of light and invisibility is revealed, from early Greek speculations to the remarkable works of James Clerk Maxwell. The new and burgeoning field of transformation optics is also explored, and the story behind the development of the first fully functional invisibility cloak is charted"--P. [4] of cover. 000438201 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000438201 650_0 $$aLight. 000438201 650_0 $$aInvisibility. 000438201 650_0 $$aPhysics$$vMiscellanea. 000438201 650_0 $$aScience$$xHistory. 000438201 650_0 $$aMagic tricks. 000438201 655_0 $$aElectronic books. 000438201 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aBeech, Martin.$$tPhysics of invisibility.$$dNew York : Springer, 2012$$z9781461406150$$w(DLC) 2011938685$$w(OCoLC)733239620 000438201 8520_ $$bacq 000438201 85280 $$bebk$$hProquest Ebook Central 000438201 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=884102$$zOnline Access 000438201 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:438201$$pGLOBAL_SET 000438201 980__ $$aEBOOK 000438201 980__ $$aBIB 000438201 982__ $$aEbook 000438201 983__ $$aOnline