Lightspeed: The Ghostly Aether and the Race to Measure the Speed of Light

Lightspeed: The Ghostly Aether and the Race to Measure the Speed of Light Spence John C. H. (Regent s Professor of Physics Regent s Professor of Physics Arizona State University Tempe AZ US) Wydawca: Oxford University Press Data wydania: 2019 ISBN: 9780198841968 Liczba stron: 256 Format: 219 x 146 x 19 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: 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.