
Light
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Battling darkness and despair, Gothic architects crafted radiant cathedrals while Dante dreamed a "heaven of pure light." Later, following Leonardo's advice, Renaissance artists learned to capture light on canvas. During the Scientific Revolution, Galileo gathered light in his telescope, Descartes measured the rainbow, and Newton used prisms to solidify the science of optics. But even after Newton, light was an enigma. Particle or wave? Did it flow through an invisible "ether"? Through the age of Edison and into the age of lasers, Light reveals how light sparked new wonders--relativity, quantum electrodynamics, fiber optics, and more.
Although lasers now perform everyday miracles, light retains its eternal allure. "For the rest of my life," Einstein said, "I will reflect on what light is." Light explores and celebrates such curiosity.
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- Intro
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part One
- 1. "This Light Is Come":
- 2. "The Thing You Call Light"
- 3. "The Highest Bliss"
- 4. "A Glass like a Glittering Star"
- 5. "Bright Is the Noble Edifice"
- 6. Chiaro e Scuro
- 7. "Investigate with Me What Light Is"
- 8. "In My Darken'd Chamber"
- 9. "A Wild and Harmonized Tune"
- Part Two
- 10. Undulations
- 11. Lumière
- 12. "Little Globe of Sunshine"
- 13. c: Einstein and the Quanta, Particle, and Wave
- 14. "Catching Up with Our Dreams"
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Acknowledgments
- Endnotes
- Bibliography and Works Cited
- Index
- A Note on the Author
- Image Section
- By the Same Author
- Copyright
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