Opticks
- 作者
- 出版社 Dover Publications
- 出版时间 2012年5月
- ISBN 9780486602059
- 定价 392.61
内容简介
"Recommendedtoallscientists."—JournalofRoyalNavalScientificService"Thepublishersdousaservicebyissuingthisreprint."—TheInstituteofPhysics"Anunderpinningfortheentireedificeofphysics."—ScientificAmericanAcomprehensivesurveyofeighteenth-centuryknowledgeaboutallaspectsoflight,Opticksalsoofferscountlessscientificinsightsbyitsdistinguishedauthor.Oneofthemostreadableofallthegreatclassicsofphysicalscience,thisvolumewillimpressreaderswithitssurprisinglymodernperspectives.Inlanguagethatlayreaderscaneasilyfollow,SirIsaacNewtondescribeshisfamousexperimentswithspectroscopyandcolors,lenses,andthereflectionanddiffractionoflight.BookIcontainshisfundamentalexperimentswiththespectrum,BookIIdealswiththeringphenomena,andBookIIIcoversdiffraction.Theworkconcludeswith"Queries"—speculationsconcerninglightandgravitation.Opticks isintroducedwithaForewordbyAlbertEinstein.,
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