Light : an introductory text-book
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Light : an introductory text-book
（Paperback re-issue）
Cambridge University Press, 2016, c1929
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"First paperback edition 2016" -- T.p. verso
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Originally published in 1929, this informative textbook, aimed at school students, provides a reliable introduction on the subject of light. The book was written because the subject, 'which, at the university, proves to be full of lively interest, is too often at school a dreary grind of thinly disguised geometry' and 'much of value is lost in this way'. Offering a vibrant account of electromagnetic theory of radiation and an 'explanation of nearly all the phenomena hitherto investigated', this book presents 'an alternative approach to the subject'. Chapters are detailed and broad in scope; chapter titles include, 'The behaviour of light', 'The velocity of light' and 'Sources of light'. Notably, the wave concept is used as the means of approach and multiple examples are included at the back for reference. This book will be of significant value to anyone with an interest in optics and the history of education.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Historical
- 2. Waves and wave-motion
- 3. The behaviour of ripples
- 4. The behaviour of light
- 5. Refraction through glass blocks and prisms
- 6. The imprinting of curvatures
- 7. Simple mathematical treatment
- 8. More advanced mathematical treatment
- 9. The velocity of light
- 10. The spectrum and colour
- 11. Geometrical optics
- 12. The eye and optical instruments
- 13. Sources of light
- 14. Interference, diffraction and polarisation
- 15. Suggestions for class experiments
- Index.
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