01295nam a2200241Ia 450000500170000000800410001724500430005870000210010126000300012230000290015230000100018130000220019149000430021302000180025665000310027465000110030505000190031654600150033552006680035033600090101833700150102733800110104220260803094209.0251212s2015 xx 000 0 und d1 aThe basics of light /cJohn O E Clark. aClark, John O.E. aNew York :bRosen,c2015. a96 pages: b(some color) c24 cm dJuvenile audience aCore concepts (Rosen Publishing Group) a9781477777626 aLightvJuvenile literature aLight. a535 C54b c2015 ain English a"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"-- atext aunmediated avolume