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An edition of A history of optics from Greek antiquity to the nineteenth century (2012)

A history of optics from Greek antiquity to the nineteenth century

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This book is a long-term history of optics, from early Greek theories of vision to the nineteenth-century victory of the wave theory of light. It shows how light gradually became the central entity of a domain of physics that no longer referred to the functioning of the eye; it retraces the subsequent competition between medium-based and corpuscular concepts of light; and it details the nineteenth-century flourishing of mechanical ether theories. The author critically exploits and sometimes completes the more specialized histories that have flourished in the past few years. The resulting synthesis brings out the actors' long-term memory, their dependence on broad cultural shifts, and the evolution of disciplinary divisions and connections. Conceptual precision, textual concision, and abundant illustration make the book accessible to a broad variety of readers interested in the origins of modern optics.

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Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
327

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Cover of: A History of Optics from Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century
A History of Optics from Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century
May 24, 2016, Oxford University Press
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Cover of: A history of optics from Greek antiquity to the nineteenth century
A history of optics from Greek antiquity to the nineteenth century
2012, Oxford University Press
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Cover of: History of Optics from Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century
History of Optics from Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century
2012, Oxford University Press
in English
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History of Optics from Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century
2012, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Table of Contents

From the Greeks to Kepler
Mechanical medium theories of the seventeenth century
Newton's optics
The eighteenth century
Interference, polarization, and waves in the early nineteenth century
Ether and matter
Waves and rays.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [290]-318) and index.

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Oxford, New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
535.09
Library of Congress
QC355.3 .D37 2012, QC352, QC352 .D37 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 327 p. :
Number of pages
327

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25298922M
ISBN 10
0199644373
ISBN 13
9780199644377
LCCN
2011945380
OCLC/WorldCat
751832040

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Work ID
OL16617531W

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