Author: Robert SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
A Compleat System of Opticks in Four Books, Viz. A Popular, a Mathematical, a Mechanical, and a Philosophical Treatise. To which are Added Remarks Upon the Whole. By Robert Smith
Author: Robert SmithA Compleat System of Opticks in Four Books
Author: Robert SmithA COMPLEAT SYSTEM OF OPTICKS
Author: Robert SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomical instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
A Compleat System Of Opticks
Author: Critique of Practical Reason
Author: Immanuel KantPublisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 9780872206175
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
With this volume, Werner Pluhar completes his work on Kant's three Critiques, an accomplishment unique among English language translators of Kant. At once accurate, fluent, and accessible, Pluhar's rendition of the Critique of Practical Reason meets the standards set in his widely respected translations of the Critique of Judgement (1987) and the Critique of Pure Reason (1996).
The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell: Volume 1, 1846-1862
Author: James Clerk MaxwellPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521256254
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
This is a comprehensive edition of Maxwell's manuscript papers published virtually complete and largely for the first time. Maxwell's work was of central importance in establishing and developing the major themes of the physics of the nineteenth century: his theory of the electromagnetic field and the electromagnetic theory of light and his special place in the history of physics. His fecundity of imagination and the sophistication of his examination of the foundations of physics give particular interest and importance to his writings. Volume I: 1846-1862 documents Maxwell's education and early scientific work and his major period of scientific innovation - his first formulation of field theory, the electromagnetic theory of light and the statistical theory of gases. Important letters and manuscript drafts illuminate this fundamental early work and the volume includes his letters to friends and family, general essays and lectures and juvenilia.
Light and Video Microscopy
Author: Randy O. WaynePublisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128161671
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Light and Video Microscopy, Third Edition provides a step-by-step journey through philosophy, psychology and the geometrical and physical optics involved in interpreting images formed by light microscopes. The book addresses the intricacies necessary to set up light microscopes that allow one to visualize transparent specimens and, in the process, quantitatively determine various physico-chemical properties of specimens. This updated edition includes the most recent developments in microscopy, ensuring that it continues to be the most comprehensive, easy-to-use, and informative guide on light microscopy. With its presentation of geometrical optics, it assists the reader in understanding image formation and light movement within the microscope. - Provides a fully-revised, updated resource on three-dimensional (3D) structures - Contains a new appendices on Diffraction Theory and Advanced Image Processing - Provides practical applications, lab exercises and case studies on the mathematics, physics and biology used in microscopy - Discusses bright field, dark field, phase-contrast, fluorescence, interference, differential interference and modulation contrast microscopes, oblique illumination and photomicrography
The Development of Newtonian Calculus in Britain, 1700-1800
Author: Niccol- GuicciardiniPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521524841
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
This book examines how calculus developed in Britain during the century following Newton.
The Optical Papers of Isaac Newton: Volume 1, The Optical Lectures 1670-1672
Author: Isaac NewtonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521252482
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
The first volume of a three-volume complete edition of Newton's optical papers contains his Optical Lectures, delivered at Cambridge University between 1670 and 1672. The Lectures is Newton's first major scientific treatise, and consequently it represents a crucial link between his early years of discovery and his mature investigations and publications, such as the Optiks in 1704. It is divided into two parts: the first part devoted to color and the second to refraction. Originally published in 1984, this edition made available the complete text, together with translation and commentary, of both surviving versions of the Lectures, a draft and a vastly expanded revision. Until the time of publication, scholars had to depend on an uncritical text of the revision and an inadequate partial English translation, both published shortly after Newton's death. Professor Shapiro's critical edition has made a great contribution to the study of Newtonian science.
Lenses and Waves
Author: Fokko Jan DijksterhuisPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402026986
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
In 1690, Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) published Traité de la Lumière, containing his renowned wave theory of light. It is considered a landmark in seventeenth-century science, for the way Huygens mathematized the corpuscular nature of light and his probabilistic conception of natural knowledge. This book discusses the development of Huygens' wave theory, reconstructing the winding road that eventually led to Traité de la Lumière. For the first time, the full range of manuscript sources is taken into account. In addition, the development of Huygens' thinking on the nature of light is put in the context of his optics as a whole, which was dominated by his lifelong pursuit of theoretical and practical dioptrics. In so doing, this book offers the first account of the development of Huygens' mathematical analysis of lenses and telescopes and its significance for the origin of the wave theory of light. As Huygens applied his mathematical proficiency to practical issues pertaining to telescopes – including trying to design a perfect telescope by means of mathematical theory – his dioptrics is significant for our understanding of seventeenth-century relations between theory and practice. With this full account of Huygens' optics, this book sheds new light on the history of seventeenth-century optics and the rise of the new mathematical sciences, as well as Huygens' oeuvre as a whole. Students of the history of optics, of early mathematical physics, and the Scientific Revolution, will find this book enlightening.