Walmsley, Ian

Light : a very short introduction Ian Walmsley - Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2015. - xix, 131 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions : 446 .

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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Light