| Edition |
First edition |
| Phys Descr |
vi, 261 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
BPL: Norman Minsky Fund. |
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"August 2017"--Title page verso |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Light fantastic -- Now you see it, now you don't -- The green planet and the red heat -- Hot rays -- Ultraviolet brings the blues -- Danger beyond the violet -- Energy rhythms -- The exploding sun -- No soap -- Turning on and tuning in -- The speed that destroyed space and time -- Microwaves everywhere -- The man with the X-ray vision -- Röntgen rays for everyone -- What's in your basement? -- The atomic quartet -- Gamma rays : the impossible light -- Cell-phone radiation -- Cosmic rays -- Beams from the universe's birth -- Energy from our minds -- Ray guns -- The next frontier : zero-point and dark energies -- Total solar eclipse : when the rays stop -- ETs may be broadcasting, but what's their number? -- Does light have a bright future? |
| Summary |
"Zapped tells the story of all the light we cannot see, tracing microwaves, X-rays, gamma rays, radio waves, infrared, ultraviolet, and other forms of radiation from their historic, world-altering discoveries in the nineteenth century to their central role in modern life"--Provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Spectrum analysis -- History
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Light -- History
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Radiation -- History
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Optics -- History
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Light -- Philosophy
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| OCLC # |
965766668 |
| ISBN # |
9780316311304 |
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0316311308 |
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