Light and Dark: An exploration in science, nature, art and technology by David Greene
Light and Dark: An exploration in science, nature, art and technology by David Greene
English | Sep 1, 2002 | ISBN: 0750308745 | 230 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | Sep 1, 2002 | ISBN: 0750308745 | 230 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
An entertaining, instructive, diverse, and unusual book, Light and Dark: An Exploration in Science, Nature, Art and Technology encompasses a wide range of topics not normally found in one book.
With more than 100 diagrams, graphs, and figures, the subjects discussed include the history of artificial lighting, eclipse cycles, light-sensitive eyeglasses, rainbows, art, bioluminescence, the clock setting at the South Pole, zebra stripe patterns, lighthouses, color perception, the harvest moon, and how information and speech can be conveyed by light from the sun or a laser.