| Description |
x, 145 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-137) and index. |
| Contents |
What is light? The mystery continues -- Why is light so fast? -- Can anything go even faster? -- Slow, stopped, fast, and backwards light -- Extreme and entangled light -- Invisibility -- Light fantasy to light reality. |
| Summary |
"Slow Light is a popular treatment of today's astonishing breakthroughs in the science of light. Even though we don't understand light's quantum mysteries, we can slow it to a stop and speed it up beyond its Einsteinian speed limit, 186,000 miles/sec; use it for quantum telecommunications; teleport it; manipulate it to create invisibility; and perhaps generate hydrogen fusion power with it. All this is lucidly presented for non-scientists who wonder about teleportation, Harry Potter invisibility cloaks, and other fantastic outcomes. Slow Light shows how the real science and the fantasy inspire each other, and projects light's incredible future." -- Back Cover. |
| Subject |
Light -- Transmission.
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Light.
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Quantum optics.
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Photons.
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Invisibility.
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Teleportation.
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Light body (Occultism)
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Parapsychology.
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| Added Title |
Invisibility, teleportation and other mysteries of light |
| ISBN |
9781848167520 (pbk.) |
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1848167520 |
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