The Riddle of the Rainbow
John Naylor
* Affiliatelinks/Werbelinks
Links auf reinlesen.de sind sogenannte Affiliate-Links. Wenn du auf so einen Affiliate-Link klickst und über diesen Link einkaufst, bekommt reinlesen.de von dem betreffenden Online-Shop oder Anbieter eine Provision. Für dich verändert sich der Preis nicht.
Springer International Publishing
Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik / Elektrizität, Magnetismus, Optik
Beschreibung
Rainbows have been a source of fascination since time immemorial. They have been the subject of myth and superstition, an inspiration to poets, a challenge to painters, the object of intense scientific interest and a touchstone for ideas about the nature of light and colour. Above all, the rainbow has been the embodiment of wonder from the earliest times to the present day.
Beginning with the circumstances in which you are likely to see a rainbow and descriptions of its salient features, this book recounts and explains the myths and superstitions about rainbows, and describes how poets, painters and, above all, leading scientists in every age have sought to discover and understand the rainbow’s secrets.
Readers with a love of nature and art and an interest in the history of science will enjoy this attractive and informative book.
Kundenbewertungen
Rainbows in literature, Rainbow history, Physics of Rainbows, Famous researchers of rainbows, Rainbows in art, Rainbows in poetry, Light and color in the atmosphere, Scientific study of rainbows, Rainbow myths, History of optics, Optics in Nature