The Physics of Invisibility

A Story of Light and Deception

Omschrijving

The ability is see is fundamental to our very existence. How true our perceptions really are depends upon many factors, and not least is our understanding of what light is and how it interacts with matter. It was said that the camera, the icon of light recording instruments, never lies, and in the day of the glass plate and celluloid roll-film this might well have been true. But in this modern era, with electronic cameras and computer software, it is often safe to assume that the camera always lies. The advertising images that bombard our every waking moment are manipulated in shape, profile, color, and form. In this new era, light can be manipulated with metamaterials to make one object look like another or even cause that objects to vanish, literally before our eyes; not only can the image we see be manipulated, but so can the light itself.
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Schrijver
Beech, Martin
Titel
The Physics of Invisibility
Uitgever
Springer US, New York, N.Y.
Jaar
2011
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
224
Gewicht
324 gr
EAN
9781461406150
Afmetingen
237 x 157 x 14 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback

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