Zapped
From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: vi, 261 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
"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.
Contents:
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?
Subjects:
Spectrum analysis -- History.
Light -- History.
Radiation -- History.
Optics -- History.
Light -- Philosophy.
Spectrum analysis -- History.
Light -- History.
Radiation -- History.
Optics -- History.
Light -- Philosophy.
ISBN:
9780316311304
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SCIENCE Physics Ber | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.