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Alien vision : exploring the electromagnetic spectrum with imaging technology / Austin Richards.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richards, Austin, author.
- Series:
- SPIE monograph ; PM205.
- SPIE digital library
- Press monograph ; 205
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Imaging systems.
- Electromagnetic waves.
- Spectrum analysis.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 160 pages) : illustrations, digital file.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Bellingham, Wash. : SPIE, 2011.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- Austin Richards takes readers on a visual tour of the electromagnetic spectrum beyond the range of human sight, using imaging technology as the means to 'see' invisible light. Dozens of colorful images and clear, concise descriptions make this an intriguing, accessible technical book. Richards explains the light spectrum, including visible light, and describes the advanced imaging technologies that enable humans to synthesize our own version of 'alien' vision at different wavelengths, with applications ranging from fire fighting and law enforcement to botany and medicine.The second edition expands existing content, explores recent areas of research, and provides new illustrations that demonstrate the variability of vision throughout the spectrum.
- Contents:
- 1. Infrared and ultraviolet : the edges of the rainbow
- 2. Thermal imaging : we all glow in the dark
- 3. Microwave and millimeter-wave imaging : piercing the veil
- 4. X rays and gamma rays : Crookes tubes and nuclear light
- 5. Acoustic imaging : seeing with sound
- 6. Sweeping through the spectrum : comparative imagery
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Bibliography and Internet resources.
- Notes:
- "SPIE Digital Library."--Website.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Title from PDF title page (SPIE eBooks Website, viewed 2010-12-20.
- Other Format:
- Print version
- ISBN:
- 9780819485366
- OCLC:
- 694866341
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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