Discovering Light by Maria Vias-Pea - 9781510639355

Discovering LightFun Experiments with Optics\nAuthor(s): Maria Vias-Pea\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: SPIE Press, United States\nImprint: SPIE Press\nISBN-13: 9781510639355, 978-1510639355\nSynopsis\nThis book is published in cooperation with the OSA Foundation and CSIC.\n\nLight 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?\n\nThis book, written by a group of young scientists, answers these questions and many more to help you to get to know the exciting world of optics and photonics. It is intended f!