The Physics of Invisibility: A Story of Light and Deception - Couverture souple

Beech, Martin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1461406153 ISBN 13 : 9781461406150

Editeur : Springer, 2011

Synopsis

Introducing the scientifically new technology of "invisibility cloaking," this book shows how light can be manipulated to produce a distortion of images, causing them to vanish. The authors explore current discussion of the use and the ethics of invisibility.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Martin Beech is a Professor of Astronomy at Campion College, the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada. He has written numerous research articles on topics ranging from meteor physics, Martian meteories, stellar structure and evolution, cosmology, the history of science and mathematical number theory. He lives in Regina with more than visible wife, a brother-in-law, five dogs (a.k.a The Five Pugs of the Apocalypse) and three cats - there are times when he certainly wishes he could be invisible.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1461406153
• ISBN 13: 9781461406150
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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