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Dedication; Preface; The Hundred Languages of Children; Acknowledgments; Contents; About the Author; 1.: The History of Light; Pythagoras' Theorem and Sky Observations; The Aristarchus Method; Eratosthenes and the Size of Earth; Astronomical Computations; Alhazen and the Discovery of Light; Galileo and His Telescope Pointed Skyward; Kepler's Supernova; White Light: Pure or Impure?; The Eclipses of Jupiter's Moon; Young and the Wave Nature of Light; The Age of the Sun; The Röntgen Rays; The N Waves Blunder; The Eddington Eclipse; Einstein Misunderstood
Einstein and the Nobel Prize Microwaves to the Fore; The Light from the Big Bang; 2.: Experiments with Light; Colors; Colored Bodies; Waves in Space; Waves in Time; Electric and Magnetic Fields; The Electromagnetic Spectrum; Invisible Light; The Speed of Light; Faster Than Light; Shadows; Photons; The Nature of Light; Irradiation and Black Body; Transparency; Reflection and Diffusion; Mirrors; Refraction; Prisms; Lenses; Interference; 3.: Light and the Sky; The Color of the Sky; Daylight; Rainbows; Glories; Aurorae; The Green Ray; Lightning; Earth's Atmosphere
The Color of Planet Earth Space Telescopes, from Hubble Onwards; The Sun; Eclipses; Stars and Galaxies; Why Is the Sky Dark at Night?; Light-Years; Space Travel; Antimatter; Supernovae; Black Holes; The Active Galactic Nuclei; 380,000 Years Since the Big Bang; 4.: Light and Life; The Evolution of the Eye; The Human Eye; Color Perception; Dalton and Defects in Color Perception; The Grammar of Color; The Color Wheel and Harmony; Deceiving the Eye; Mirages; 3D Images and the Movies; Bird Sight; Insect Sight; Fish Sight; The Sight of Some Snakes
Colors and the Survival of the Species Bioluminescence; Photosynthesis; The Colors of Leaves; The Colors of Other Worlds; 5.: Light Techniques; Solar Clocks and Sundials; Overhead Projectors; The Camera Obscura; Image Manipulation; Seeing in the Micro World; Photometry; The Temperature of Color; Thermography; Diagnostic Imaging; Surgery with Images; LEDs; Photovoltaic Panels; Optical Fibers; Transmitting Through Waves; Radar; Satellite Positioning; Fluorescence and Phosphorescence; Lasers; Synchrotron Radiation; Photonics
Chronology of Astronomers and Physicists and Their Discoveries Photo Credits; Text Quotation Credits; Glossary; Guide to Further Reading; Preface; Chapter One: The History of Light; Chapter Two: Experiments with Light; Chapter Three: Light and the Sky; Chapter Four: Light and Life; Chapter Five: Light Techniques; For a Continuous Update; Index
Einstein and the Nobel Prize Microwaves to the Fore; The Light from the Big Bang; 2.: Experiments with Light; Colors; Colored Bodies; Waves in Space; Waves in Time; Electric and Magnetic Fields; The Electromagnetic Spectrum; Invisible Light; The Speed of Light; Faster Than Light; Shadows; Photons; The Nature of Light; Irradiation and Black Body; Transparency; Reflection and Diffusion; Mirrors; Refraction; Prisms; Lenses; Interference; 3.: Light and the Sky; The Color of the Sky; Daylight; Rainbows; Glories; Aurorae; The Green Ray; Lightning; Earth's Atmosphere
The Color of Planet Earth Space Telescopes, from Hubble Onwards; The Sun; Eclipses; Stars and Galaxies; Why Is the Sky Dark at Night?; Light-Years; Space Travel; Antimatter; Supernovae; Black Holes; The Active Galactic Nuclei; 380,000 Years Since the Big Bang; 4.: Light and Life; The Evolution of the Eye; The Human Eye; Color Perception; Dalton and Defects in Color Perception; The Grammar of Color; The Color Wheel and Harmony; Deceiving the Eye; Mirages; 3D Images and the Movies; Bird Sight; Insect Sight; Fish Sight; The Sight of Some Snakes
Colors and the Survival of the Species Bioluminescence; Photosynthesis; The Colors of Leaves; The Colors of Other Worlds; 5.: Light Techniques; Solar Clocks and Sundials; Overhead Projectors; The Camera Obscura; Image Manipulation; Seeing in the Micro World; Photometry; The Temperature of Color; Thermography; Diagnostic Imaging; Surgery with Images; LEDs; Photovoltaic Panels; Optical Fibers; Transmitting Through Waves; Radar; Satellite Positioning; Fluorescence and Phosphorescence; Lasers; Synchrotron Radiation; Photonics
Chronology of Astronomers and Physicists and Their Discoveries Photo Credits; Text Quotation Credits; Glossary; Guide to Further Reading; Preface; Chapter One: The History of Light; Chapter Two: Experiments with Light; Chapter Three: Light and the Sky; Chapter Four: Light and Life; Chapter Five: Light Techniques; For a Continuous Update; Index