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Catching the Light: The Entwined History of Light and Mind
Arthur Zajonc
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Description for Catching the Light: The Entwined History of Light and Mind
Paperback. This work takes the reader on a tour of the nature and significance, both scientific and cultural, of light in our world. It explores the development of scientific theories surrounding light, and provides a history of the mind in the process. Num Pages: 400 pages, halftones, line drawings. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PHJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 472.
`This is a most persuasive book on a most important subject. I recommend it highly.' Saul Bellow With scholarship and clarity, Arthur Zajonc takes us on an epic journey into scientific history. Yet Catching the Light is not just about science; it is a book of ideas that blends science with literature, religion, philosophy, and morality and tries to answer the question that has mystified humanity from pre-history to the present day: what is light?
`This is a most persuasive book on a most important subject. I recommend it highly.' Saul Bellow With scholarship and clarity, Arthur Zajonc takes us on an epic journey into scientific history. Yet Catching the Light is not just about science; it is a book of ideas that blends science with literature, religion, philosophy, and morality and tries to answer the question that has mystified humanity from pre-history to the present day: what is light?
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
397
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Weight
472g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780195095753
SKU
V9780195095753
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-37
About Arthur Zajonc
Arthur Zajonc is a Fellow of both the Lindisfarne Association and the Fetzer Institute. As a specialist in quantum physics, he has lectured all over the world and is the recipient of a prestigious 1992 Fulbright scholarship.
Reviews for Catching the Light: The Entwined History of Light and Mind
`a multi-levelled history about virtually everything that human beings have thought about light and seeing in the last three thousand years... ...I have not enjoyed a book so much for a long time. Oliver Sacks `a small gem of a book' James Gleik, Washington Post