02911nam a22004815i 4500 978-3-031-56917-3 DE-He213 20251030112706.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240802s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031569173 978-3-031-56917-3 10.1007/978-3-031-56917-3 doi QC350-467 PHJ bicssc SCI053000 bisacsh PHJ thema Grammatikakis, George. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 81780 The Autobiography of Light [electronic resource] / by George Grammatikakis. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XXII, 292 p. 21 illus., 18 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Chapter 1. Light's Virtues and Vices -- Chapter 2. Light's Revelation of Time and Space -- Chapter 3. The Quantum Realm of the Microcosm -- Chapter 4. Light Shakes Hands with Life and Art -- Chapter 5.The Universe: The Empire of Light -- Chapter 6. Epilogue. This book brings to life one of the most fundamental entities in the universe: the electromagnetic waves that we perceive as light. With his gift for narrative, the author explains the nature of light and the long history of its influence on human ideas, technology and culture. From early attempts to understand vision and colours, through relativity and quantum theory, visual art and laser technology to the birth of stars and attempts to photograph their end, readers will come to appreciate the central role of light not only in human history, but also in the history of the cosmos. This grand tour ends in a flourish, with an epilogue written in the first person by the protagonist itself: a true Autobiography of Light. All chapters in the book are relatively self-contained, allowing readers to dip freely in and out. What makes this captivating story so original is the effort made to point out the affinity between the study of light and achievements in the realm of culture. Optics. 66607 Science. Optics and Photonics. 67319 Foundations of Physics and Cosmology. 70516 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031569166 Printed edition: 9783031569180 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56917-3 ZDB-2-PHA ZDB-2-SXP 62168 62168