{"product_id":"light-a-radiant-history-from-creation-to-the-quantum-age","title":"Light: A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLight: A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBruce Watson\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781620405598\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBloomsbury USA\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2016\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e304\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLight \u003c\/i\u003ebegins at Stonehenge, where crowds cheer a solstice sunrise. After sampling myths explaining First Light, the story moves on to early philosophers' queries, then through the centuries, from Buddhist temples to Biblical scripture, when light was the soul of the divine. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBattling darkness and despair, Gothic architects crafted radiant cathedrals while Dante dreamed a heaven of pure light. Later, following Leonardo's advice, Renaissance artists learned to capture light on canvas. During the Scientific Revolution, Galileo gathered light in his telescope, Descartes measured the rainbow, and Newton used prisms to solidify the science of optics. But even after Newton, light was an enigma. Particle or wave? Did it flow through an invisible ether? Through the age of Edison and into the age of lasers, \u003ci\u003eLight \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how light sparked new wonders--relativity, quantum electrodynamics, fiber optics, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Although lasers now perform everyday miracles, light retains its eternal allure. For the rest of my life, Einstein said, I will reflect on what light is. \u003ci\u003eLight\u003c\/i\u003e explores and celebrates such curiosity.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Light: A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age | Bruce Watson | Hardcover | 9781620405598 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks G 1746663","offer_id":48841938108568,"sku":"1746663","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71NlcFyfy-L.jpg?v=1775232156","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/light-a-radiant-history-from-creation-to-the-quantum-age","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}