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Light : a very short introduction

By: Walmsley, Ian
Material type: BookSeries: Very short introductions : 446.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2015.Description: xix, 131 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.ISBN: 9780199682690Subject(s): LightDDC classification: . Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
Introduces readers to the basic properties of light -reflection and refraction, polarization, and interference- before moving on to how light is generated, its role in relativity, and quantum effects it exhibits.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
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535 WA LI (Browse shelf) Checked out 10/12/2023 T0054028
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What is light? -- Light rays -- Waves -- Duality -- Light matters -- Light, space, and time -- Lighting the frontiers -- Quantum light -- Twilight.

Introduces readers to the basic properties of light -reflection and refraction, polarization, and interference- before moving on to how light is generated, its role in relativity, and quantum effects it exhibits.

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