Lightspeed

Auteur: Spence, John C. H. (Regent's Professor of Physics, Regent's Professor of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, US)
Editeur: Oxford University Press
This book 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 book offers a gripping historical journey.
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This book 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 book offers a gripping historical journey.
ISBN / EAN 9780198841968
Auteur Spence, John C. H. (Regent's Professor of Physics, Regent's Professor of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, US)
Editeur Oxford University Press