LEADER 04414nam 2200613 450 001 9910810384703321 005 20230126203610.0 010 $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$xHistory 615 0$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 $a9910810384703321 996 $aHow the ray gun got its zap$93976991 997 $aUNINA