Brief History of Light and Those That Li

This text traces the interplay of forces in the history of light from the 17thcentury to the 1990s. It provides portraits of many of the scientists whoseachieve... » 

This text traces the interplay of forces in the history of light from the 17thcentury to the 1990s. It provides portraits of many of the scientists whoseachievements constituted that history and of major inventors and artistic andliterary figures who contributed. «