Lightspeed: the ghostly aether and the race to measure the speed of light
Spence, John C. H.
Lightspeed: the ghostly aether and the race to measure the speed of light - 1st ed. - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019 - 244p. hb; 23 cm
This title tells the story of one of man's greatest intellectual adventures - how it came to be understood that light travels at a finite speed, so that when we look up at the stars we are looking back in time. From the ancient Greeks measuring the distance to the sun, to today's satellite navigation, the text offers a gripping historical journey.
9780198841968
Light
Speed
Popular works
Physics
History
Speed of Light
535 SPE
Lightspeed: the ghostly aether and the race to measure the speed of light - 1st ed. - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019 - 244p. hb; 23 cm
This title tells the story of one of man's greatest intellectual adventures - how it came to be understood that light travels at a finite speed, so that when we look up at the stars we are looking back in time. From the ancient Greeks measuring the distance to the sun, to today's satellite navigation, the text offers a gripping historical journey.
9780198841968
Light
Speed
Popular works
Physics
History
Speed of Light
535 SPE
