Light : a very short introduction

Summary: "Introduces readers to the basic properties of light -reflection and refraction, polarization, and interference- before moving on to how light is generated, its role in relativity, and quantum effects it exhibits."

Record details

ISBN: 9780199682690
ISBN: 0199682690
Physical Description: print
xix, 131 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-126) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	What is light? -- Light rays -- Waves -- Duality -- Light matters -- Light, space, and time -- Lighting the frontiers -- Quantum light -- Twilight.