000			02759nam a2200373Ki 4500
001			ocn862076971
003			OCoLC
005			20240726105435.0
008			131104s2013 enkab ob 001 0deng d
040			_aNT _beng _erda _epn _cNT
020			_a9780199948024 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)l((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)ctronic bk.
050	0	4	_aQC361 _b.H698 2013
049			_aNTA
100	1		_aWilk, Stephen R. _e1
245	1	0	_aHow the ray gun got its zap : _bodd excursions into optics / _cStephen R. Wilk.
260			_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c(c)2013.
300			_a1 online resource (vi, 263 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
504			_a2
505	0	0	_aI. History -- _tAncient Optics : Magnification Without Lenses -- _tThe Solar Weapon of Archimedes -- _tClaudius Ptolemy's Law of Refraction -- _tAntonio de Ulloa's Mystery -- _tThe Miracle of St. Gascoigne -- _tRays of the Sun -- _tRoy G. Biv -- _tGeorge Christoph Lichtenberg -- _tHopkinson's Silk Handkerchief -- _tFirst Light : Thomas Melville and the Beginnings of Spectroscopy -- _tMediocrity and Illumination -- _tEven If You Can't Draw a Straight Line -- _tA Sea Change -- _tThomas Pearsall and the Ultraviolet -- _tIf at First You Don't Succeed -- _tMore than a Burner -- _tApply Light Pressure -- _tSound Movies, the World's Fair, and Stellar Spectroscopy -- _tDéjà vu -- _tThe Magic Lantern of Omar Khayyam -- _tII. Weird Science -- _tThe Yellow Sun Paradox -- _tOnce in a Blue Moon -- _tChromatic Dispersions -- _tThe Eye in the Spiral -- _tRetroreflectors -- _tYes, I Was Right! It Is Obvious! -- _tEdible Lasers -- _tPyrotechnic Lasers -- _tDefunct Lasers -- _tThe Phantom Laser -- _tThe Case of the Oily Mirrors; A Locked Room Mystery -- _tPinhole Glasses -- _tUndulations -- _tIII. Pop Culture -- _tThis is Your Cat on Lasers -- _tDord -- _tZap! -- _tMystic Cameras -- _tPlaying With Light -- _tI Must Find That Tractor Beam -- _tThe Rise and Fall and Rise of the Starbow -- _tDiamonds in the Dark -- _tA Popular History of the Laser -- _tPop Culture Errors in Optics -- _tPop Spectrum -- _tThe Telephote -- _tAfterword.
530			_a2 _ub
650		0	_aOptics.
650		0	_aOptics _xHistory.
650		0	_aOptics _vBiography.
650		0	_aOptics _xSocial aspects _xHistory.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=657633&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
942			_cOB _D _eEB _hQC _m2013 _QOL _R _x _8NFIC _2LOC
994			_a02 _bNT
999			_c100405 _d100405
902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell