International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies

Sameen Ahmed Khan

ISBN 10: 3659764825 / ISBN 13: 9783659764820

Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2015

International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies | Sameen Ahmed Khan | Taschenbuch | 96 S. | Englisch | 2015 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9783659764820 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 104250734

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The United Nations declared 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies. The yearlong celebrations are aimed at stimulating worldwide interest in light and related sciences and technologies. The year 2015 marks the 1000th anniversary since the appearance of the remarkable seven volume treatise on optics written by the great Arabic scientist Ibn al-Haytham. The book traces the history of optics from the ancient Greek to the modern. A detailed account of the medieval Arab contributions to optics is presented. The impact of the Medieval Arab sciences on the European renaissance is also covered briefly. Glimpses from the History of Medieval and Modern Optics are covered. Accelerator-based Light Sources are also described.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Dr. Sameen Ahmed Khan an Assistant Professor at Dhofar University, Salalah, Sultanate of Oman. He has authored 6 book chapters; 60 technical articles and 190 popular science articles in journals, proceedings and magazines of repute. He is a Member of the Working Group, "Ibn Al Haytham" of the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies

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Titel: International Year of Light and Light-based ...
Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
Einband: Taschenbuch
Zustand: Neu