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Visible and Invisible

The Wonders of Light Phenomena

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Olmes Bisi

    1. Science and Methods for Engineering, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

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  • Explains the mysteries and wonders of electromagnetism and light clearly, for a general audience
  • Covers the history of scientific understanding of light and the electromagnetic spectrum in full, from past to present
  • Developed in collaboration with the Italian National Research Council and features many color images and drawings throughout

Part of the book series: Astronomers' Universe (ASTRONOM)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. The History of Light

    • Olmes Bisi
    Pages 1-47

  3. Experiments with Light

    • Olmes Bisi
    Pages 49-99

  4. Light and the Sky

    • Olmes Bisi
    Pages 101-163

  5. Light and Life

    • Olmes Bisi
    Pages 165-216

  6. Light Techniques

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    Pages 217-281

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 283-314
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About this book

Light phenomena have intrigued humankind since prehistory. Think of the rainbow, a sunset on the sea, a game of shadows. Humans have always used light for their own needs, from cooking food to illuminating a room.

However, light is not only limited to what we can see with our eyes. The invisible part of the electromagnetic spectrum is broad and dynamic. This book outlines the mysteries and wonders of electromagnetism, heat, and light. It also covers the history of our scientific understanding of light.

The dark as well as the bright sides of light are fully explored in these pages, from their impact on our world to their use in cutting-edge technologies in a variety of fields. Numerous full-color images and drawings complement the text, and light phenomena are explained in a simple and engaging way.

Reviews

“The book is very well written in a nice breezy conversational style. … There are numerous illustrations – 278 in total, many in colour. … I would definitely recommend this book to my local middle school or primary school classes as an introduction to the world of science in general and optics in particular. I believe this type of teaching methodology will definitely light a spark in young minds and ‘turn them on’ to science.” (Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 58 (2), February, 2017)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Science and Methods for Engineering, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Olmes Bisi

About the author

Olmes Bisi is a professor of Physics at the faculty of Engineering, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. He has a degree in physics with honors from University of Modena and was a researcher at the Theoretical Chemistry Department (University of Oxford UK), at the Research Laboratory of IBM, Yorktown Heights, (NY) and at the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart (Germany). Beside his research activities in optoelectronics, he is also involved in science education within the project Reggio Children and co-authored the book “Socio-cognitive and Sociocultural Approaches to Science in Early Childhood”, Patakis Publishers, Athens, 2012.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Visible and Invisible

  • Book Subtitle: The Wonders of Light Phenomena

  • Authors: Olmes Bisi

  • Series Title: Astronomers' Universe

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09825-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-09824-1Published: 06 November 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-09825-8Published: 20 October 2014

  • Series ISSN: 1614-659X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-6651

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 314

  • Number of Illustrations: 171 b/w illustrations, 111 illustrations in colour

  • Additional Information: Original Italian edition published by Sironi Editore, Milan, 2011

  • Topics: Popular Science in Astronomy, Classical Electrodynamics, History of Science

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