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A History of Optics from Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century,Used
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This book is a longterm history of optics, from early Greek theories of vision to the nineteenthcentury victory of the wave theory of light. It shows how light gradually became the central entity of a domain of physics that no longer referred to the functioning of the eye; it retraces the subsequent competition between mediumbased and corpuscular concepts of light; and it details the nineteenthcentury flourishing of mechanical ether theories. The author critically exploits and sometimes completes the more specialized histories that have flourished in the past few years. The resulting synthesis brings out the actors' longterm memory, their dependence on broad cultural shifts, and the evolution of disciplinary divisions and connections. Conceptual precision, textual concision, and abundant illustration make the book accessible to a broad variety of readers interested in the origins of modern optics.
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