The optics of life [[electronic resource] ] : a biologist's guide to light in nature / / Sonke Johnsen |
Autore | Johnsen Sönke |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (357 p.) |
Disciplina | 571.4/55 |
Soggetto topico |
Photobiology
Physiological optics Polarization (Light) |
Soggetto non controllato |
absorption
animal vision bioluminescence coherent scattering color elastic scattering electric field electrons fluorescence geometry human vision inelastic scattering integrated measurements irradiance light emission light measurement light luminescence lux magnetic field matter mechanoluminescence optical energy optical measurements optics particles phosphorescence photon energy photons photosynthetically active radiation polarization polarized light quantum entanglement quantum mechanics radiance reflection refraction scattering single scattering sonoluminescence spectra spectral measurements spectrometers spectroradiometer sun thermal radiation two-slit interference uncertainty principle units wave interference wave-particle duality wavelength waves |
ISBN |
9786613439741
1-283-43974-3 1-4008-4066-X |
Classificazione | SCI008000SCI053000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Units and Geometry -- Chapter Three. Emission -- Chapter Four. Absorption -- Chapter Five. Scattering -- Chapter Six. Scattering with Interference -- Chapter Seven. Fluorescence -- Chapter Eight. Polarization -- Chapter Nine. Measuring Light -- Chapter Ten. What Is Light, Really? -- Appendix A. Converting Spectral Irradiance to Lux -- Appendix B. Calculating the Absorbance Spectrum of a Visual Pigment -- Appendix C. Refractive Indices of Common Substances -- Appendix D. Optical Properties of Very Clear Water -- Appendix E. Optical Properties of Natural Waters -- Appendix F. Useful Formulas -- Appendix G. Equipment and Software Suppliers -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787778503321 |
Johnsen Sönke | ||
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The optics of life : a biologist's guide to light in nature / / Sonke Johnsen |
Autore | Johnsen Sönke |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (357 p.) |
Disciplina | 571.4/55 |
Soggetto topico |
Photobiology
Physiological optics Polarization (Light) |
Soggetto non controllato |
absorption
animal vision bioluminescence coherent scattering color elastic scattering electric field electrons fluorescence geometry human vision inelastic scattering integrated measurements irradiance light emission light measurement light luminescence lux magnetic field matter mechanoluminescence optical energy optical measurements optics particles phosphorescence photon energy photons photosynthetically active radiation polarization polarized light quantum entanglement quantum mechanics radiance reflection refraction scattering single scattering sonoluminescence spectra spectral measurements spectrometers spectroradiometer sun thermal radiation two-slit interference uncertainty principle units wave interference wave-particle duality wavelength waves |
ISBN |
9786613439741
1-283-43974-3 1-4008-4066-X |
Classificazione | SCI008000SCI053000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Units and Geometry -- Chapter Three. Emission -- Chapter Four. Absorption -- Chapter Five. Scattering -- Chapter Six. Scattering with Interference -- Chapter Seven. Fluorescence -- Chapter Eight. Polarization -- Chapter Nine. Measuring Light -- Chapter Ten. What Is Light, Really? -- Appendix A. Converting Spectral Irradiance to Lux -- Appendix B. Calculating the Absorbance Spectrum of a Visual Pigment -- Appendix C. Refractive Indices of Common Substances -- Appendix D. Optical Properties of Very Clear Water -- Appendix E. Optical Properties of Natural Waters -- Appendix F. Useful Formulas -- Appendix G. Equipment and Software Suppliers -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810387503321 |
Johnsen Sönke | ||
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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