Review by GEORGE R WARBURTON
Wow. It was hard putting this one down, Had to. Needed breaks to process all that information. Took notes even.
Availability Label | Location | Shelfmark | Availability | Reservations |
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Pittsburgh Branch | Non 535 Gbu | On loan until: 09/May/24 |
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Wow. It was hard putting this one down, Had to. Needed breaks to process all that information. Took notes even.
Title Statement | Invisibility: the history and science of how not to be seen / Gregory J. Gbur. |
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Author | Gbur, Greg |
Publication | New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,[2023]©2023 |
Extent of Item | viii, 280 pages |
ISBN | 9780300250428 (hardcover) |
Other Number | pr07211886 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary | "Is it possible for something or someone to be made invisible? This question, which has intrigued authors of science fiction for over a century, has become a headline-grabbing topic of scientific research. In this book, science writer and optical physicist Gregory J. Gbur traces the science of invisibility from its sci-fi origins in the nineteenth-century writings of authors such as H. G. Wells and Fitz James O'Brien to modern stealth technology, invisibility cloaks, and metamaterials. He explores the history of invisibility and its science and technology connections, including the discovery of the electromagnetic spectrum, the development of the atomic model, and quantum theory. He shows how invisibility has moved from fiction to reality, and he questions the hidden paths that lie ahead for researchers"-- |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Electromagnetic waves |
Invisibility | |
Light | |
Optics | |
Physics--Miscellanea | |
By Genre | Informational works |