Seeing Colour (eBook)

A Journey Through Goethe's World of Colour (Fixed Format Edition)

Nora Löbe, Matthias Rang, Troy Vine (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
176 Seiten
Floris Books (Verlag)
9781782508250 (ISBN)

Infos

Colour is everywhere. From blue skies to red sunsets, from the first flowers in spring to the blazing leaves of autumn. But what is the nature of colour? Scientific books present a variety of mechanical explanations but this approach leaves colour as a whole unexplained. In the nineteenth century, the German poet and scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe investigated a wide range of colour phenomena and discovered the underlying principles that govern colour itself.

This lavishly illustrated book brings Goethe's pioneering research up to date. Through descriptions of simple observations and ingenious experiments, the reader will discover a series of colour phenomena that includes afterimages, coloured shadows, colour mixing, and prismatic and polarisation colours.

Seeing Colour is a thought-provoking read for colour enthusiasts and experts alike, and an accessible route to a new way of seeing colour.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.11.2022
• Vorwort: Arthur Zajonc
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Analytische Chemie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik
• Schlagworte: Afterimages • Colour • coloured shadows • colour mixing • colour phenomena • experiments with color • explanations of color phenonema • Goethe • Goethe's theory of color • Goethe's world of color • how do we see colors • Isaac Newton's color theory • light and dark in color • Nature • nature of colour • origins of color • polarisation colours • prismatic colours • science of colour • theory of color • What is color
• ISBN-13: 9781782508250 / 9781782508250