000 03599nam a22004815i 4500
001 978-1-4614-0616-7
003 DE-He213
005 20140220083239.0
007 cr nn 008mamaa
008 111025s2012 xxu| s |||| 0|eng d
020 _a9781461406167
_9978-1-4614-0616-7
024 7 _a10.1007/978-1-4614-0616-7
_2doi
050 4 _aQC350-467
050 4 _aQC630-648
072 7 _aPHJ
_2bicssc
072 7 _aPHK
_2bicssc
072 7 _aSCI021000
_2bisacsh
082 0 4 _a535.2
_223
082 0 4 _a537.6
_223
100 1 _aBeech, Martin.
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Physics of Invisibility
_h[electronic resource] :
_bA Story of Light and Deception /
_cby Martin Beech.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bSpringer New York :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2012.
300 _aXVII, 206p. 135 illus., 55 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
_bPDF
_2rda
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Chapter 1: Of All Things Visible and Invisible -- Chapter 2: A Very Brief History of Light -- Chapter 3: Mirror Tricks, the Art of Cloaking and Seeing the Impossible -- Chapter 4: Maxwell's Marvelous Waves -- Chapter 5: The Metamaterial Revolution -- Afterword -- Appendices -- Index.
520 _aArthur C. Clarke famously wrote that, "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." These words most certainly ring true with respect to invisibility cloaking devices. At work is the magic of science, of course. The technology to make an object simply disappear from view is now a reality. There is both great fear and great desire in the thought of invisibility. Indeed, for thousands of years, authors have grappled with the idea. Power, devilry, secrecy, ethical dilemma, and moral corruption - invisibility has it all. And yet, our waking world is full of familiar invisible phenomena. Electricity flowing along a metal wire, the gravity that keeps us grounded, the air we breathe, the bacteria and viruses that make us ill, the X-rays that reveal our broken bones - all are invisible to our eyes. They surround and envelop us, and we don't give them a second thought. Nature long ago learned how to play tricks with light rays, enriching the world with rainbows, mirages, and animal camouflage. The new physics of invisibility simply aims to take these tricks of nature a few steps further. Indeed, by learning what light is and how it interacts with matter, physicists have begun to take control of light - with metamaterials, which, manmade, can be precisely melded, warped, twisted, transformed, and even time-edited. In this book the ancient and modern story of light and invisibility is revealed, from early Greek speculations to the remarkable works of James Clerk Maxwell. The new and burgeoning field of transformation optics is also explored, and the story behind the development of the first fully functional invisibility cloak is charted. What will they be used for and how will they change things? Find out here.
650 0 _aPhysics.
650 0 _aScience (General).
650 0 _aOptical materials.
650 1 4 _aPhysics.
650 2 4 _aOptics and Electrodynamics.
650 2 4 _aPopular Science, general.
650 2 4 _aOptical and Electronic Materials.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9781461406150
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0616-7
912 _aZDB-2-PHA
999 _c100889
_d100889