Lines of Light - The Sources of Dispersive Spectroscopy, 1800-1930

List of contents

1: Science and Spectra in the Nineteenth Century; 2: Visible and Invisible Radiation, 1800-1825; 3: Joseph Fraunhofer, and the Measurement of Wavelength, 1820-1925; 4: Emission and Absorption, ca. 1800-1870; 5: Penetration of the Infrared, 1830-1910; 6: The Equilibrium Between Matter and Radiation, 1800-1925; 7: Atomic Spectral Series, ca. 1860-1920; 8: Molecular Spectra of Gases, Principally 1860-1890; 9: Empirical Generalizations and Early Quantum Theory, 1885-1925; 10: Structure, Force Field, and Dissociation, ca. 1914-1935; 11: The Convergence of Theory and Experiment, 1920-1930; 12: Symmetry, Spin, and Statistics, 1926-1930

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J.C.D. Brand

Summary

This work provides a perspective on the creation of a scientific discipline

Product details

• Authors: J.c.d. Brand, John C.D. Brand, Brand J.C.D.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138455788
• ISBN: 978-1-138-45578-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Electricity, magnetism, optics; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Lasers & Photonics, SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light, Optical physics, Laser technology and holography, Laser technology & holography