HISTORY OF THE PRINCIPLE OF INTERFERENCE OF LIGHT

KIPNIS, N.

ISBN 10: 3764323167 / ISBN 13: 9783764323165

Published by BIRKHAUSER VERLAG, 1991

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KIPNIS, N.: HISTORY OF THE PRINCIPLE OF INTERFERENCE OF LIGHT. BASEL, 1991, 271 p. figuras, 670 gr. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo. (GE-3-3) 670 gr.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: HISTORY OF THE PRINCIPLE OF INTERFERENCE OF LIGHT
• Publisher: BIRKHAUSER VERLAG
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764323167
• ISBN 13: 9783764323165
• Binding: Encuadernación de tapa blanda
• Edition: 1ª Edición
• Condition: Nuevo
• Book Type: Libro
• Seller catalogs:
  • Historia de la ciencia

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Synopsis

The controversy between the wave theory and the emission theory of light early in the nineteenth century has been a subject of numerous studies. Yet many is­ sues remain unclear, in particular, the reasons for rejecting Young's theory of light. It appears that further progress in the field requires a better grasp of the overall situation in optics and related subjects at the time and a more thorough study of every factor suggested to be of importance for the dispute. This book is intended to be a step in this direction. It examines the impact of the concept of interference of light on the development of the early nineteenth­ century optics in general, and the theory of light, in particular. This is not a his­ tory of the wave theory of light, nor is it a history of the debate on the nature of light in general: it covers only that part of the controversy which involved the concept of interference. Although the book deals with a number of scientists, scientific institutions, and journals, its main character is a scientific concept, the principle of interference. While discussing the reasons for accepting or rejecting this concept I have primarily focused on scientific factors, although in some cases the human factor is examined as well. The book is a revised Ph. D. dissertation (University of Minnesota, 1984) writ­ ten under Alan E. Shapiro.