Invisibility: the history and science of how not to be seen
Publication details: Yale University Press, 2023 New Haven:Description: viii, 280p. hbk. 23cmISBN:- 9780300250428
- 535 GBU
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534 RAY Theory of sound | 534.0287 ZAC Sensory evaluation of sound | 534.35502 DAM Battlefield acoustics | 535 GBU Invisibility: the history and science of how not to be seen | 535 GHO Green science genius: light | 535 WAL Light: a very short introduction | 535.01 LEO Geometry and light: the science of invisibility |
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.
This is not only the story of invisibility but also the story of humankind’s understanding of the nature of light itself, and of the many fascinating figures whose discoveries advanced this knowledge.
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