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How the ray gun got its zap : odd excursions into optics / / Stephen R. Wilk
| How the ray gun got its zap : odd excursions into optics / / Stephen R. Wilk |
| Autore | Wilk Stephen R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 pages) |
| Disciplina | 621.36 |
| Soggetto topico |
Optics
Optics - History Optics - Social aspects - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-19-994802-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | I. 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 -- Déjà 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453326303321 |
Wilk Stephen R
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| Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How the ray gun got its zap : odd excursions into optics / / Stephen R. Wilk
| How the ray gun got its zap : odd excursions into optics / / Stephen R. Wilk |
| Autore | Wilk Stephen R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 pages) |
| Disciplina | 621.36 |
| Soggetto topico |
Optics
Optics - History Optics - Social aspects - History |
| ISBN | 0-19-994802-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | I. 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 -- Déjà 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790606403321 |
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Wilk Stephen R
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| Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How the ray gun got its zap : odd excursions into optics / / Stephen R. Wilk
| How the ray gun got its zap : odd excursions into optics / / Stephen R. Wilk |
| Autore | Wilk Stephen R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 pages) |
| Disciplina | 621.36 |
| Soggetto topico |
Optics
Optics - History Optics - Social aspects - History |
| ISBN | 0-19-994802-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | I. 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 -- Déjà 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810384703321 |
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Wilk Stephen R
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| Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Medusa [[electronic resource] ] : Solving the Mystery of the Gorgon
| Medusa [[electronic resource] ] : Solving the Mystery of the Gorgon |
| Autore | Wilk Stephen R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina |
292.1/3
398.450938 |
| Soggetto topico | Medusa (Greek mythology) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-47160-3
0-19-802882-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; PART I: THE MYSTERY; PART II: THE SOLUTION; Appendix; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459573003321 |
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Wilk Stephen R
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Medusa [[electronic resource] ] : Solving the Mystery of the Gorgon
| Medusa [[electronic resource] ] : Solving the Mystery of the Gorgon |
| Autore | Wilk Stephen R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina |
292.1/3
398.450938 |
| Soggetto topico | Medusa (Greek mythology) |
| ISBN |
1-280-47160-3
0-19-802882-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; PART I: THE MYSTERY; PART II: THE SOLUTION; Appendix; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790052503321 |
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Wilk Stephen R
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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