Mapping the Spectrum; Techniques of Visual Representation in Research and Teaching

Hentschel, Klaus

ISBN 10: 0198509537 / ISBN 13: 9780198509530

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2002

Beschreibung

25 x 17 cm. Octavo. 562pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. Wrinkling and some edgewear to the bottom of the jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 66852

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Mapping the Spectrum; Techniques of Visual Representation in Research and Teaching
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0198509537
• ISBN-13: 9780198509530
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: Reprint.
• Zustand: Very Good in Good dust jacket
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Science

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

Ever since the boom of spectrum analysis in the 1860s, spectroscopy has become one of the most fruitful research technologies in analytic chemistry, physics, astronomy, and other sciences. This book is the first in-depth study of the ways in which various types of spectra, especially the sun's Fraunhofer lines, have been recorded, displayed, and interpreted. The book assesses the virtues and pitfalls of various types of depictions, including hand sketches, woodcuts, engravings, lithographs and, from the late 1870s onwards, photomechanical reproductions. The material of a 19th-century engraver or lithographer, the daily research practice of a spectroscopist in the laboratory, or a student's use of spectrum posters in the classroom, all are looked at and documented here. For pioneers of photography such as John Herschel or Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, the spectrum even served as a prime test object for gauging the color sensitivity of their processes.

This is a broad, contextual portrayal of the visual culture of spectroscopy in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The illustrations are not confined to spectra - they show instruments, laboratories, people at work, and plates of printing manuals.The result is a multifacetted description, focusing on the period from Fraunhofer up to the beginning of Bohr's quantum theory. A great deal of new and fascinating material from two dozen archives has been included. A must for anyone interested in the history of modern science, or in research practice using visual representations.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.