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Let there be light : the story of light from atoms to galaxies
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Let there be light : the story of light from atoms to galaxies

Alex Montwill

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Includes index.

Contents

Introducing light
Geometrical optics : reflection
Geometric optics : refraction
Light from afar : astronomy
Light from the past : astrophysics
Introducing waves
Sound waves
Light as a wave
Making images
There was electricity, there was magneticism, and then there was light
'Atoms of light' : the birth of quantum theory
The development of quantum mechanics
Atoms of light acting as particles
Atoms of light behaving as waves
Relativity part 1 : how it began
Relativity part 2 : verifiable predictions
Epilogue.

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