Delving into mythology, religion, philosophy, painting, and science, 'Light' captures the wonder and awe of humanity's study of light across three millennia of discovery.
xiv, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-271) and index
Contents:
"This light is come" : myths of creation and first light "The thing you call light" : early philosophers from Greece to China "The highest bliss" : the millennium of divine radiance "A glass like a glittering star" : Islam's Golden Age "Bright is the noble edifice" : paradise in the Middle Ages Chiaro e scuro : light and dark on canvas "Investigate with me what light is" : the Scientific Revolution and the Century of Celestial Light "In my darken'd chamber" : Isaac Newton and "Opticks" "A wild and harmonized tune" : the Romantics and the light seductive Undulations : particle vs. wave Lumière : France's dazzling century "Little globe of sunshine" : electricity conquers the night c: Einstein and the quanta, particle, and wave "Catching up with our dreams" : lasers and other everyday wonders
