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Discovering light : fun experiments with optics / Sara Aissati, Xoana Barcala Gosende, Clara Benedí García [and 11 others] ; coordinator: María Viñas Peña.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aissati, Sara, author.
- Barcala Gosende, Xoana, author.
- Benedí García, Clara, author.
- Series:
- SPIE monograph ; PM324.
- SPIE digital library
- SPIE Press monograph ; PM324
- Standardized Title:
- Descubriendo la luz : experimentos divertidos de óptica. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Light.
- Optics.
- Optical devices.
- Vision.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 238 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Bellingham, Washington : SPIE, 2021.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Light is an element that draws together many areas of human knowledge: physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, engineering, and art. Moreover, optical phenomena and the technologies based on them are widespread in our daily lives. However, it can be difficult to understand or explain these phenomena. What is light? Where are optics and photonics present in our lives and in nature? What lies behind different optical phenomena? What is an optical instrument? How does the eye resemble an optical instrument? How can we explain human vision?
- Contents:
- Preface / by María J. Yzuel
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- Safety rules for the use of laser pointers
- 1. What is light?
- 2. Light sources and detectors
- 3. Optical instruments
- 4. The human eye: a biological camera
- 5. Light in nature
- 6. Light-based technologies
- Review of what we have learned
- Glossary
- Index
- About the authors.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Descubriendo la luz: experimentos divertidos de óptica (2018).
- Includes index.
- "SPIE Digital Library."--Website.
- Title from PDF title screen (SPIE eBooks Website, viewed 2021-05-11).
- Other Format:
- Print version
- ISBN:
- 9781510639355
- OCLC:
- 1250505448
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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