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The Rise of the Wave Theory of Light: Optical Theory and Experiment in the Early Nineteenth Century Paperback - 1989 - 1st Edition
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Jed Z. Buchwald presents a new history of the fundamental changes in optical theory at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
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- Title The Rise of the Wave Theory of Light: Optical Theory and Experiment in the Early Nineteenth Century
- Author Jed Z. Buchwald
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 498
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
- Date 1989-03-15
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780226078861 / 0226078868
- Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
- Dimensions 9.03 x 6.04 x 1.09 in (22.94 x 15.34 x 2.77 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Light, Wave theory of - History - 19th
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 88018647
- Dewey Decimal Code 535.130
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Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press, 1989. Comprehensive text presents a new history of the fundamental changes in optical theory at the beginning of the nineteenth century. In the physics of that period, ether replaced the particle theory; in mathematics, waves replaced rays. Buchwald reconstructs the first empirically successful theory of partial reflection, originated by Etienne Louis Malus. He refutes the view of Thomas Young as champion of the wave theory, arguing that the wave theory became coherent and new only in the work of French physicist Augustin Fresnel. Buchwald further demonstrates that even scientists who disgarded the particle theory retained its mathematical apparatus, preventing their proper use of the new techniques. 474 pgs. Illustrated. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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