optics

A biography of mathematician and scientist Ibn al-Haytham, specially known for his work on light and vision.

Describes the properties, study, and effects of light. Discusses how wavelengths from light are used with radios, microwaves, and X-rays; the spectrum of colors in light; and electromagnetic radiation. Includes color photographs, a glossary, further resources, and an activity.

Explores some of the science behind color and light, discussing how light influences color.

During the golden age of Muslim inventions, Ibn al-Haytham, discovered how we see - and set the stage for the method we now know as the scientific process.

Explores how optics can be infused into research conducted by biologists and nonphysicists. Highlights how light is created and how it interacts with matter. Includes captioned illustrations, color photographs, and equations.

Provides an introduction to optics and optical technologies that covers fiber-optic cables, the calculation of images, lasers, telescopes, and the properties of visible, infrared, and ultraviolet light.

Illustrates for young readers how science touches and shapes our daily lives with questions and answers.

"Though we take light for granted, the world's greatest scientists have long puzzled over its nature, properties, and behavior. Its incredible speed, mysterious frequency, relationship to color, form of travel, and uncanny ability to reflect, refract, diffract, and be absorbed altogether make light the ever-elusive quarry of science's greatest hunters of knowledge and understanding. This is the enthralling account of their investigations and discoveries, their conclusive insights and ongoing questions, enhanced by full-color photographs and explanatory visual aids. If you thought you knew everything there is to know about light, think again and read on" -- Provided by publisher.

Follows the adventures of Max Axiom as he explains the science behind light. Written in graphic-novel format.