1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991004345934107536

Autore

Perelli, Luciano

Titolo

Letteratura latina e società : un'antologia : per i licei classici e scientifici e per gli istituti magistrali : con un'appendice di letture critiche/ Luciano Perelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Torino : Paravia, 1980

Descrizione fisica

481 p. ; 25 cm

Collana

Civiltà letteraria di Grecia e di Roma. Letteratura e critica. Serie latina ; 7

Disciplina

870.8

Soggetti

Letteratura latina - Antologie

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Latino

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911004767703321

Autore

Mach Ernst

Titolo

The Principles of Physical Optics : An Historical and Philosophical Treatment

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newburyport, : Dover Publications, 2013

ISBN

9780486173474

048617347X

9781621986171

1621986179

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (600 p.)

Collana

Dover Books on Physics

Disciplina

535

Soggetti

Physical optics

Physics

Physical Sciences & Mathematics

Light & Optics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; TRANSLATORS' NOTE; Dedication; PREFACE; Table of Contents; Table of Figures; CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER II - THE RECTILINEAR PROPAGATION OF LIGHT; CHAPTER III - REFLECTION AND REFRACTION; CHAPTER IV - THE EARLY KNOWLEDGE OF VISION; CHAPTER V - THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIOPTRICS; CHAPTER VI - THE COMPOSITION OF LIGHT; CHAPTER VII - THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY OF COLOUR AND DISPERSION; CHAPTER VIII - PERIODICITY; CHAPTER IX - THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY OF INTERFERENCE; CHAPTER X - POLARIZATION

CHAPTER XI - THE MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE PROPERTIES OF LIGHTCHAPTER XII - THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF POLARIZATION; CHAPTER XIII - THE EXPLANATION OF RECTILINEAR RAYS, REFLECTION, AND REFRACTION BY THE PROPAGATION OF WAVES; CHAPTER XIV - A FURTHER EXPLANATION OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF LIGHT BY MEANS OF PERIODICITY DIFFRACTION; APPENDIX; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX; DOVER PHOENIX EDITIONS - A series of hardcover reprints of major works in mathematics, science



and engineering

Sommario/riassunto

In this classic exposition, Ernst Mach presents a detailed account of the experimental and theoretical evolution of our understanding of light phenomena and apparatus. Beginning with the philosophic and physiological speculation arising from early experiments on light and color perception, he proceeds to a thorough examination of the history of diopterics, including the roles of Huyghens, Galileo, Descartes, the Bernoullis, Kepler, and other scientists.Full descriptions of hundreds of experiments and detailed treatments of theory cover Newton's work with color and dispersion, his concept of