Optics in the age of euler: conceptions of the nature of light, 1700–1795
Auteur :
Hakfoort, Casper
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521035071
Date de publication :
14 déc. 2006
Dimensions :
22,8 x 15,2 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
388 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
What is light? Is it a particle or a wave? This book studies the eighteenth-century origins and early phases of this key debate in optics. This is a revised 1995 translation of a book published in Dutch in 1986. Research, both from the author and by others, has been taken into account.