This text traces the interplay of forces in the history of light from the 17th century to the 1990s. It provides portraits of many of the scientists whose achievements constituted that history, and of major inventors and artistic and literary figures who contributed.
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"... provides engaging portraits of many of the scientists whose achievements constituted that history... eminently suitable for a general audience." -- Prof. Roger Stuewer, History of Science, Univ. of Minnesota, 1995
"This book traces the interplay of the forces in the history of light from the seventeenth century to the present. It provides engaging portraits of many of the scientists whose achievements constituted that history, and of major inventors and artistic and literary figures who contributed to or were influenced by it. The result is a book written in a style eminently suitable for a general audience." -- A reader
"This book traces the interplay of the forces in the history of light from the seventeenth century to the present. It provides engaging portraits of many of the scientists whose achievements constituted that history, and of major inventors and artistic and literary figures who contributed to or were influenced by it. The result is a book written in a style eminently suitable for a general audience." -- A reader
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Richard J Weiss has been naval officer, scientist, playwright, and tavernkeeper. He has held appointments in physics at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Materials Research Laboratory, King's College London, Cavendish Laboratories and the University of Surrey. As tavernkeeper he has directed the operation of Blanchard's Tavern, a colonial tavern of the Revolutionary War. His plays have been performed by the BBC London. He lives in Avon upon Stratford, Massachusetts.
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The laser, theorized by Einstein early in the century and fabricated by Ted Maiman in 1960, may not be the Messiah but its impact on society may be equally astounding. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Society, Fox Talbot, Great War, New York, Big Bang, Lewis Carroll, San Francisco, Max Born, Nobel Laureate, Count Rumford, Los Alamos, Madame Curie, French Academy, King's College London, Benjamin Franklin, Holy Office, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, Menlo Park, New Mexico, Thomas Young, Charles Wheatstone, Civil War, Dean Alpha, Niels Bohr, Solvay Congress New!
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The laser, theorized by Einstein early in the century and fabricated by Ted Maiman in 1960, may not be the Messiah but its impact on society may be equally astounding. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Society, Fox Talbot, Great War, New York, Big Bang, Lewis Carroll, San Francisco, Max Born, Nobel Laureate, Count Rumford, Los Alamos, Madame Curie, French Academy, King's College London, Benjamin Franklin, Holy Office, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, Menlo Park, New Mexico, Thomas Young, Charles Wheatstone, Civil War, Dean Alpha, Niels Bohr, Solvay Congress New!
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- Alice In Wonderland (updated Version) (Scholastic Junior Classics) by Lewis Carroll on 5 pages
- Alice in Wonderland (Random House Pictureback) by Lori Haskins on 4 pages
- The Theory of Relativity: & Other Essays by Albert Einstein on page 13, and page 169
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Pb by Lewis arroll on page 51, and page 52
- New Hampshire (Portrait of America) by Kathleen Thompson on page 26, and page 29
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- Measure for Measure: The Story of Imperial, Metric, and Other Units by Alex Hebra in Back Matter
- The Spiritual History of Ice: Romanticism, Science, and the Imagination by Eric G. Wilson in Back Matter
- The Discovery of Anti-Matter: The Autobiography of Carl David Anderson, the Youngest Man to Win the Nobel Prize (Series in Popular Science , Vol 2) by Richard J. Weiss in Front Matter
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