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I found it wonderful: interesting and amusing … I appreciated the easy but accurate way the arguments are presented, the very nice figures and drawings, the historical interludes with ‘gossips’ scarcely known, etc. The choice of the arguments is also interesting. --Professor Giorgio Romano, Università INFN, Salerno
It is a unique type of book — informative, witty, cultured and erudite … I loved the observation effect of multiple polaroids — mind blowingly fascinating stuff which can be appreciated by all … approaching optics via Fermat and the lifeguard also keeps the fascination level up while the historical interludes keep our feet on the ground by humanising the tale. --Professor Colin Latimer, The Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland
The combined effort has given us this wonderful survey of how light comes into physics and how it is even today impossible to really understand. --Sveinn Bjarman, Uppsala University, Sweden
It is a very beautiful book. I like its plenitude of diagrams and cartoons, and its historical and biographical interludes … it seems admirably suitable as background material for bright young students of Science/Physics. --Professor Frank Imbusch, National University of Ireland, Galway
It is a unique type of book — informative, witty, cultured and erudite … I loved the observation effect of multiple polaroids — mind blowingly fascinating stuff which can be appreciated by all … approaching optics via Fermat and the lifeguard also keeps the fascination level up while the historical interludes keep our feet on the ground by humanising the tale. --Professor Colin Latimer, The Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland
The combined effort has given us this wonderful survey of how light comes into physics and how it is even today impossible to really understand. --Sveinn Bjarman, Uppsala University, Sweden
It is a very beautiful book. I like its plenitude of diagrams and cartoons, and its historical and biographical interludes … it seems admirably suitable as background material for bright young students of Science/Physics. --Professor Frank Imbusch, National University of Ireland, Galway
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This book is the first of its kind to devote itself at this level to the key role played by light and electromagnetic radiation in the universe. Readers are introduced to philosophical hypotheses such as the economy, symmetry, and universality of natural laws, and are then guided to practical consequences such as the rules of geometrical optics and even Einstein's well-known but mysterious relationship, E = mc2. Most chapters feature a pen picture of the life and character of a relevant scientific figure.These "Historical Interludes" include, among others, Galileo's conflicts with the Inquisition, Fourier's taunting of the guillotine, Neils Bohr and World War II, and the unique character of Richard Feynman. Going one step beyond the popular level, this easy-to-read book gives an overall view to undergraduate and postgraduate physics students that is often missing when trying to assimilate the technical details of their courses. Through its original treatment of topics and enjoyable style of writing, it will also stimulate keen interest in general readers who are interested in science and have a basic mathematics background as well as teachers looking for basic and accurate background information.
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