Product Description
This book is the first of its kind to devote itself at this level to the key role played by light and electromagnetic radiation in the universe. Readers are introduced to philosophical hypotheses such as the economy, symmetry, and universality of natural laws, and are then guided to practical consequences such as the rules of geometrical optics and even Einstein’s well-known but mysterious relationship, E = mc2. Most chapters feature a pen picture of the life and ch… More >>
Let There Be Light: The Story of Light from Atoms to Galaxies
Tags: e mc2, electromagnetic radiation, galaxies, geometrical optics, hypotheses, key role, mysterious relationship, pen picture, symmetry, universality
#1 by Tom in northern California on June 29, 2010 - 1:16 pm
This book is great! It’s well written and well edited, unlike some I’ve read lately. All the material is clear and concise and easy to understand. The math is appropriate for the book, but for the non-interested reader, it can easily be skipped over without losing anything. The book is extremely complete, completing encircling the knowledge of light from all viewpoints: origins, relation to quantum mechanics, lenses, etc etc. I can’t recommend it highly enough.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Alexandre Tort on June 29, 2010 - 2:04 pm
I really enjoyed this book. Is well written and illustrated. If you are a university teacher you can recommend it to your students as a collateral reading, if you are a layman interested in the nature of light, this is a also a good way to acquire a general view on this subject.
Rating: 5 / 5