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How the Ray Gun Got Its Zap

Stephen R. Wilk
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      How the Ray Gun Got Its Zap is a collection of essays that discusses odd and unusual topics in optics. Though optics is a fairly specialized branch of physics, this book extracts from the discipline topics that are particularly interesting, mysterious, culturally relevant, or accessible. The essays all first appeared, in abbreviated form, in Optics and Photonics News and in The Spectrograph; the author has updated and expanded uponeach of them for this book. The book is divided into three thematic sections: History, Weird Science, and Pop Culture. Chapters will discuss surprising uses of optics in classics and early astronomy; explain why we think of the sun as yellow when it is actually white; present how the laser is used in popular film; and profile theeccentric scientists who contributed to optics. The essays are short and entertaining, and can be read in any order. The book should appeal to general audiences interested in optics or physics more generally, as well as members of the scientific community who are curious about optics phenomena.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Stephen R. Wilk EAN: 9780199948017 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 498 g HEIGHT: 237 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2013-11-28 CITY: GENRE: SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electrical WIDTH: 162 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      History of science, Popular science, Optical physics

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      Stephen Wilk is a contributing editor for the Optical Society of America and the author of Medusa: Solving the Mystery of the Gorgon (OUP; 2000). He holds a Ph.D. in Physics and has worked on Laser Propulsion and High Energy Lasers at Textron and MIT's Lincoln Labs, and has designed and built optical apparatus at Optikos Corporation, Cognex, and AOtec. He was previously a visiting professor at Tufts and a visiting scientist at MIT.
      How the Ray Gun Got Its Zap is a collection of essays that discusses odd and unusual topics in optics. Though optics is a fairly specialized branch of physics, this book extracts from the discipline topics that are particularly interesting, mysterious, culturally relevant, or accessible. The essays all first appeared, in abbreviated form, in Optics and Photonics News and in The Spectrograph; the author has updated and expanded uponeach of them for this book. The book is divided into three thematic sections: History, Weird Science, and Pop Culture. Chapters will discuss surprising uses of optics in classics and early astronomy; explain why we think of the sun as yellow when it is actually white; present how the laser is used in popular film; and profile theeccentric scientists who contributed to optics. The essays are short and entertaining, and can be read in any order. The book should appeal to general audiences interested in optics or physics more generally, as well as members of the scientific community who are curious about optics phenomena.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Stephen R. Wilk EAN: 9780199948017 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 498 g HEIGHT: 237 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2013-11-28 CITY: GENRE: SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electrical WIDTH: 162 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      History of science, Popular science, Optical physics

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      Stephen Wilk is a contributing editor for the Optical Society of America and the author of Medusa: Solving the Mystery of the Gorgon (OUP; 2000). He holds a Ph.D. in Physics and has worked on Laser Propulsion and High Energy Lasers at Textron and MIT's Lincoln Labs, and has designed and built optical apparatus at Optikos Corporation, Cognex, and AOtec. He was previously a visiting professor at Tufts and a visiting scientist at MIT.

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