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From its inception in Greek antiquity, the science of optics was aimed primarily at explaining sight and accounting for why things look as they do. By the end of the seventeenth century, however, the analytic focus of optics had shifted to light: its fundamental properties and such physical behaviors as reflection, refraction, and diffraction. This dramatic shift-which A. Mark Smith characterizes as the "Keplerian turn"-lies at the heart of this fascinating and pioneering study. Breaking from previous scholarship that sees Johannes Kepler as the culmination of a long-evolvin.

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From Sight to Light
  • Author : A. Mark Smith
  • Release : 21 June 2024
  • Publisher : Unknown
  • ISBN : OCLC:1162040720
  • Genre : Optics
  • Total Page : 470 pages
  • Language : English
  • PDF File Size : 18,7 Mb

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