Zapped : from infrared to X-rays, the curious history of invisible light / Bob Berman.
Berman, Bob, author.
2017
QC352 .B46 2017 (Mapit)
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Title
Zapped : from infrared to X-rays, the curious history of invisible light / Bob Berman.
Author
Berman, Bob, author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780316311304 (hardcover)
0316311308 (hardcover)
Published
New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, [2017]
Language
English
Description
vi, 261 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Call Number
QC352 .B46 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
535.09
Summary
"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.
Note
"August 2017"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction
Light fantastic
Now you see it, now you don't
The green planet and the red heat
Hot rays
Ultraviolet brings the blues
Danger beyond the violet
Energy rhythms
The exploding sun
No soap
Turning on and tuning in
The speed that destroyed space and time
Microwaves everywhere
The man with the X-ray vision
Röntgen rays for everyone
What's in your basement?
The atomic quartet
Gamma rays : the impossible light
Cell-phone radiation
Cosmic rays
Beams from the universe's birth
Energy from our minds
Ray guns
The next frontier : zero-point and dark energies
Total solar eclipse : when the rays stop
ETs may be broadcasting, but what's their number?
Does light have a bright future?

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