LEADER 04448nam 2200625 450 001 9910453326303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-994802-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000001139940 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH25563592 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001047501 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12432977 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001047501 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11159182 035 $a(PQKB)11038527 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1341151 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1341151 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10792482 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL539454 035 $a(OCoLC)862076971 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001139940 100 $a20130430h20132013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHow the ray gun got its zap $eodd excursions into optics /$fStephen R. Wilk 210 1$aOxford :$cOxford University Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (256 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-19-994801-1 311 $a1-306-08203-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aI. History -- Ancient Optics : Magnification Without Lenses -- The Solar Weapon of Archimedes -- Claudius Ptolemy's Law of Refraction -- Antonio de Ulloa's Mystery -- The Miracle of St. Gascoigne -- Rays of the Sun -- Roy G. Biv -- George Christoph Lichtenberg -- Hopkinson's Silk Handkerchief -- First Light : Thomas Melville and the Beginnings of Spectroscopy -- Mediocrity and Illumination -- Even If You Can't Draw a Straight Line -- A Sea Change -- Thomas Pearsall and the Ultraviolet -- If at First You Don't Succeed -- More than a Burner -- Apply Light Pressure -- Sound Movies, the World's Fair, and Stellar Spectroscopy -- De?ja? vu -- The Magic Lantern of Omar Khayyam -- II. Weird Science -- The Yellow Sun Paradox -- Once in a Blue Moon -- Chromatic Dispersions -- The Eye in the Spiral -- Retroreflectors -- Yes, I Was Right! It Is Obvious! -- Edible Lasers -- Pyrotechnic Lasers -- Defunct Lasers -- The Phantom Laser -- The Case of the Oily Mirrors; A Locked Room Mystery -- Pinhole Glasses -- Undulations -- III. Pop Culture -- This is Your Cat on Lasers -- Dord -- Zap! -- Mystic Cameras -- Playing With Light -- I Must Find That Tractor Beam -- The Rise and Fall and Rise of the Starbow -- Diamonds in the Dark -- A Popular History of the Laser -- Pop Culture Errors in Optics -- Pop Spectrum -- The Telephote -- Afterword. 330 8 $aThis title presents a collection of essays that discusses odd and unusual topics in optics. Though optics is a fairly specialized branch of physics, this book extracts from the discipline topics that are particularly interesting, mysterious, culturally relevant, or accessible.$bHow the Ray Gun Got Its Zap is a collection of essays that discusses odd and unusual topics in optics. Though optics is a fairly specialized branch of physics, this book extracts from the discipline topics that are particularly interesting, mysterious, culturally relevant, or accessible. The essays all first appeared, in abbreviated form, in Optics and Photonics News and in The Spectrograph; the author has updated and expanded upon each of themfor this book. The book is divided into three thematic sections: History, Weird Science, and Pop Culture. Chapters will discuss surprising uses of optics in classics and early astronomy; explain why we think of the sun as yellow when it is actually white; present how the laser is used in popular film; and profile the eccentric scientistswho contributed to optics. The essays are short and entertaining, and can be read in any order. The book should appeal to general audiences interested in optics or physics more generally, as well as members of the scientific community who are curious about optics phenomena. 606 $aOptics 606 $aOptics$xHistory 606 $aOptics$vBiography 606 $aOptics$xSocial aspects$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aOptics. 615 0$aOptics$xHistory. 615 0$aOptics 615 0$aOptics$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 676 $a621.36 700 $aWilk$b Stephen R$0176607 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453326303321 996 $aHow the ray gun got its zap$92191289 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01135nam a2200313 i 4500 001 991001151559707536 005 20020507111943.0 008 970308s1968 us ||| | eng 035 $ab10180813-39ule_inst 035 $aLE00642999$9ExL 040 $aDip.to Fisica$bita 084 $a53.8.2 084 $a537.612 084 $a621.3.2.4 084 $aQC611 100 1 $aBlatt, F.S.$0463300 245 10$aPhysics of electronic conduction in solids /$cF.S. Blatt 260 $aNew York :$bMcGraw-Hill Book Co.,$c1968 300 $a446 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm. 500 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 650 4$aElectric conductivity 650 4$aSolids 907 $a.b10180813$b21-09-06$c27-06-02 912 $a991001151559707536 945 $aLE006 53.8.2 BLA$g1$i2006000045087$lle006$o-$pE0.00$q-$rl$s- $t0$u0$v0$w0$x0$y.i10221785$z27-06-02 945 $aLE006 53.8.2 BLA$g1$i2006000177702$lle006$o-$pE0.00$q-$rl$s- $t0$u0$v0$w0$x0$y.i10221797$z27-06-02 996 $aPhysics of electronic conduction in solids$9190712 997 $aUNISALENTO 998 $ale006$b01-01-97$cm$da $e-$feng$gus $h0$i2