The Rise of the Wave Theory of Light: Optical Theory and Experiment in the Early Nineteenth CenturyUniversity of Chicago Press, 4 ene 1989 - 474 páginas Part 1 - Selectionism -- 1. The Optical Ray -- 2. The Concept of Polarization -- 3. Arago and the Discovery of Chromatic Polarization -- 4. Mobile Polarization -- Part 2 - Fresnel, Diffraction, and Polarization -- 5. Fresnel's Ray Theory of Diffraction -- 6. Huygen's Principle and the Wave Theory -- 7. The Puzzle of Polarization -- 8. Transverse Waves -- Part 3 - Controversy and Unification -- 9. A Case of Mutual Misunderstanding -- 10. Selectionists and Polarization after 1815 -- 11. Fresnel's Final Unification -- 12. The Emerging Dominance of the Wave Theory. |
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The Optical Ray 33 | 3 |
The Concept of Polarization | 41 |
Arago and the Discovery of Chromatic Polarization | 67 |
Mobile Polarization | 86 |
Fresnels Ray Theory of Diffraction | 111 |
A Case of Mutual Misunderstanding | 237 |
Selectionists and Polarization after 1815 | 252 |
Fresnels Final Unification | 260 |
Appendixes | 311 |
Notes | 423 |
| 457 | |
| 469 | |
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The Rise of the Wave Theory of Light: Optical Theory and Experiment in the ... Jed Z. Buchwald Vista previa restringida - 1989 |
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