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Patterns of Light : Chasing the Spectrum from Aristotle to LEDs

These waves and rays belong to the same family of light, often called photons (from the Greek photos, light), that describes the spectra of electromagnetic radiation over 10 orders of magnitude from very low-energy - dio waves to very high-energy x-rays and gamma rays.
eBook, English, 2008
Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, New York, NY, 2008
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The path of light
The reflection of light
Daguerreotypes : light captured
The refraction of light
Lenses : from water drops to telescopes
Sources of light and color
Diffraction and interference
Rainbows
Sea, sky, and cloud
Polarized light and sunglasses
Photons, electrons, and the atom
X-rays, ultraviolet light, and infrared
X-ray emission : Earth, Moon, and Mars
Appendix A