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Patterns of Light

A nearly complete overview of this book can be found in Archimedes’ Burning-

Mirrors from Witelo’s

Optics

written c. 1270. In the woodcut, we see light trav-

eling in straight lines, reflection, mirrors, images, bent legs in water, rainbows,

blue sky, and clouds. The rest of the electromagnetic spectrum, invisible to the

eye, yields no fewer clues about both microscopic and distant worlds. The opti-

cal properties of elephants we leave to the valiant.

Steven Beeson and James W. Mayer

Patterns of Light

Chasing the Spectrum from Aristotle to LEDs

Steven Beeson

Waterfront Technologies

Washington, DC 20010

USA

sbeesonsf@yahoo.com

James W. Mayer

Center for Solid State Science

Arizon State Univeristy

Tempe, AZ 85287-1704

USA

james.mayer@asu.edu

ISBN 978-0-387-75106-1

e-ISBN 978-0-387-75107-8

Library of Congress Control Number: 2007936185

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