Catching the Light The Entwined History of Light and Mind |
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| Author:
| Zajonc, Arthur |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-509575-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1995 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $21.99 |
Book Description:
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`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 prehistory 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 prehistory to the present day: what is light?