Catching the Light

The Entwined History of Light and Mind

Arthur Zajonc (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

400 Seiten

1995
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-509575-3 (ISBN)

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This work takes the reader on a tour of the nature and significance, both scientific and cultural, of light in our world. It explores the development of scientific theories surrounding light, and provides a history of the mind in the process.

`This is a most persuasive book on a most important subject. I recommend it highly.'
Saul Bellow

With scholarship and clarity, Arthur Zajonc takes us on an epic journey into scientific history. Yet Catching the Light is not just about science; it is a book of ideas that blends science with literature, religion, philosophy, and morality and tries to answer the question that has mystified humanity from pre-history to the present day: what is light?

Arthur Zajonc is a Fellow of both the Lindisfarne Association and the Fetzer Institute. As a specialist in quantum physics, he has lectured all over the world and is the recipient of a prestigious 1992 Fulbright scholarship.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.10.1995
Zusatzinfo	halftones, line drawings
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	136 x 203 mm
Gewicht	331 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-19-509575-8 / 0195095758
ISBN-13	978-0-19-509575-3 / 9780195095753
Zustand	Neuware