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"Modernization and conversion to world religions are threatening the survival of traditional belief systems, leaving behind only mysterious traces of their existence. This book, based upon extensive research conducted over a period of nearly four decades, brings scientific rigor to one of the questions that have always attracted human curiosity: that of the origin of the "dragon". The author demonstrates that both dragons and rainbows are cultural universals, that many of the traits that are attributed to dragons in widely separated part of the planet are also attributed to rainbows, and that the number and antiquity of such shared traits cannot be attributed to chance or common inheritance, but rather to common cognitive pathways by which human psychology has responded to the natural environment in a wide array of cultures around the world"--
Dragons --- Rainbows --- Folklore. --- Mythology.
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Optics. Quantum optics --- Comparative literature --- Iconography --- 551.593.62 --- Rainbows --- 551.593.62 Rainbows --- Rainbows in art --- Rainbow (in religion, folklore, etc.) --- Rainbow in art --- Rainbow --- Meteorological optics --- Mythology
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Light Scattering Reviews is the first book in a series devoted to bringing together the state-of-the-art and milestones in our knowledge of light scattering media optics (LSMO). Contributions from leading researchers focus on both the theoretical and experimental results in the area. The book provides a valuable picture of recent developments in light scattering. It facilitates studies in LSMO and will be of great importance for researchers in a variety of disciplines. Divided into three parts, this volume first discusses single light scattering, followed by multiple light scattering and finally looks at the possible applications in combustion and marine research. .
Light --- Reflection (Optics) --- Scattering. --- Light scattering --- Scattering of light --- Diffusion --- Particles --- Refraction --- Scattering (Physics) --- Optics --- Rainbows
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Probabilities --- Rainbows --- Science --- 551.593.62 --- Natural science --- Science of science --- Sciences --- Rainbow --- Meteorological optics --- Probability --- Statistical inference --- Combinations --- Mathematics --- Chance --- Least squares --- Mathematical statistics --- Risk --- 551.593.62 Rainbows --- Philosophy --- Probabilités --- Early works to 1800. --- Early works to 1800 --- Ouvrages avant 1800 --- Philosophie --- Spinoza (Baruch) --- Spinoza (Baruch). --- Natural sciences --- Probabilités. --- Rainbows - Early works to 1800 --- Probabilities - Early works to 1800 --- Science - Philosophy - Early works to 1800 --- de Spinoza, Benedictus --- Spinoza, baruch (1632-1677) --- Critique et interpretation --- 17e siecle --- Probabilités.
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Electromagnetic waves --- -Reflection (Optics) --- Electromagnetic energy --- Electromagnetic radiation --- Electromagnetic theory --- Waves --- Light --- Optics --- Rainbows --- Transmission --- Reflection (Optics) --- Transmission. --- Reflection (Optics). --- Réflexion (optique) --- Ondes électromagnétiques --- Propagation. --- Réflexion (optique) --- Ondes électromagnétiques
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Rainbows have been a source of fascination since time immemorial. They have been the subject of myth and superstition, an inspiration to poets, a challenge to painters, the object of intense scientific interest and a touchstone for ideas about the nature of light and colour. Above all, the rainbow has been the embodiment of wonder from the earliest times to the present day. Beginning with the circumstances in which you are likely to see a rainbow and descriptions of its salient features, this book recounts and explains the myths and superstitions about rainbows, and describes how poets, painters and, above all, leading scientists in every age have sought to discover and understand the rainbow’s secrets. Readers with a love of nature and art and an interest in the history of science will enjoy this attractive and informative book.
Optics. --- Color. --- Vision. --- Physics—History. --- Atmospheric science. --- Anthropology. --- Social evolution. --- Optics and Photonics. --- Vision and Colour Science. --- History of Physics and Astronomy. --- Atmospheric Science. --- Cultural Evolution. --- Cultural evolution --- Cultural transformation --- Culture, Evolution of --- Culture --- Evolution --- Social change --- Primitive societies --- Human beings --- Atmospheric sciences --- Earth sciences --- Atmosphere --- Eyesight --- Seeing --- Sight --- Senses and sensation --- Blindfolds --- Eye --- Physiological optics --- Chromatics --- Colour --- Chemistry --- Light --- Optics --- Colors --- Thermochromism --- Physics --- Social sciences --- Rainbows. --- Symbolic aspects. --- Rainbow --- Meteorological optics --- Symbolic aspects of light --- Symbolism
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This 3rd volume Light Scattering Reviews is devoted to modern knowledge and milestones in both experimental and theoretical techniques related to light scattering and radiative transport problems. It will consist of 3 parts comprising 11 contributions written by world leading experts in their respective fields. The general focus of the book will be on remote sensing of geophysical media. The first part will be devoted exclusively to studies of single light scattering by particles of different shapes and chemical compositions. The first chapter will review in situ measurements of cloud optical characteristics like cloud extinction and phase function, with the emphasis on ice clouds. Chapter 2 will cover opitcally soft particles common in marine environments and bio-suspensions while Chapter 3 will describe numerical techniques applicable not only to isotropic but also to chiral and anisotropic mdia. The final chapter in this part will deal with spatial symmetries in light scattering problems. This 3rd volume gives a valuable picture of recent developments in the areas of single light scattering, radiative transfer in particulate media and inverse problems of spherical atmospheres. It will further facilitate studies in light scattering media optics and be of importance for researchers across various scientific fields including astronomy, meteorology and geophysics. .
Light absorption. --- Light --- Particles --- Radiative transfer. --- Reflection (Optics) --- Scattering. --- Optical properties. --- Optics --- Rainbows --- Transfer, Radiative --- Astrophysics --- Geophysics --- Heat --- Radiation --- Transport theory --- Light scattering --- Scattering of light --- Diffusion --- Refraction --- Scattering (Physics) --- Absorption of light --- Optical absorption --- Absorption --- Opacity (Optics) --- Radiation and absorption --- Geographical information systems. --- Physical geography. --- Ecology. --- Environmental sciences. --- Geographical Information Systems/Cartography. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Environmental Physics. --- Geoecology/Natural Processes. --- Math. Appl. in Environmental Science. --- Environmental science --- Science --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Geography --- Geographical information systems --- GIS (Information systems) --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Ecology --- Geophysics. --- Geoecology. --- Environmental geology. --- Geoecology --- Environmental protection --- Physical geology --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Earth sciences --- Physics
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This book deals with the reflection of electromagnetic and particle waves by interfaces. The interfaces can be sharp or diffuse. The topics of the book contain absorption, inverse problems, anisotropy, pulses and finite beams, rough surfaces, matrix methods, numerical methods, reflection of particle waves and neutron reflection. Exact general results are presented, followed by long wave reflection, variational theory, reflection amplitude equations of the Riccati type, and reflection of short waves. The Second Edition of the Theory of Reflection is an updated and much enlarged revision of the 1987 monograph. There are new chapters on periodically stratified media, ellipsometry, chiral media, neutron reflection and reflection of acoustic waves. The chapter on anisotropy is much extended, with a complete treatment of the reflection and transmission properties of arbitrarily oriented uniaxial crystals. The book gives a systematic and unified treatment reflection and transmission of electromagnetic and particle waves at interfaces. It is intended for physicists, chemists, applied mathematicians and engineers, and is written in a simple direct style, with all necessary mathematics explained in the text.
Electricity & Magnetism --- Light & Optics --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Reflection (Optics) --- Electromagnetic waves --- Transmission. --- Light --- Optics --- Rainbows --- Surfaces (Physics). --- Classical Electrodynamics. --- Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films. --- Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films. --- Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. --- Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics. --- Surface chemistry --- Surfaces (Technology) --- Optics. --- Electrodynamics. --- Materials—Surfaces. --- Thin films. --- Interfaces (Physical sciences). --- Lasers. --- Photonics. --- Atoms. --- Physics. --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Matter --- Stereochemistry --- New optics --- Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation --- Masers, Optical --- Optical masers --- Light amplifiers --- Light sources --- Optoelectronic devices --- Nonlinear optics --- Optical parametric oscillators --- Surfaces (Physics) --- Films, Thin --- Solid film --- Solid state electronics --- Solids --- Coatings --- Thick films --- Constitution --- Materials --- Surface phenomena --- Friction --- Tribology --- Surfaces --- Interfaces (Physical sciences)
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This is the fourth volume in the series Light Scattering Reviews, devoted to current knowledge of light scattering problems and both experimental and theoretical research techniques related to their solution. This volume covers experimental studies in the optics of light scattering media, focusing on single light scattering and radiative transfer. Light Scattering Reviews 4 summarizes recent developments in the fields of light scattering media optics and radiative transfer; provides an up-to-date review of modern single and multiple light-scattering theory; focuses on radiative transfer and optics of highly reflective objects, such as snow and ice; uniquely covers numerical techniques in single and multiple light scattering; considers both theoretical and experimental results; presents the physical grounds of the opposition effects.
Light -- Scattering. --- Light absorption. --- Particles -- Optical properties. --- Radiative transfer. --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Light & Optics --- Light --- Particles --- Reflection (Optics) --- Scattering. --- Optical properties. --- Transfer, Radiative --- Light scattering --- Scattering of light --- Absorption of light --- Optical absorption --- Absorption --- Geography. --- Geophysics. --- Atmospheric sciences. --- Geographical information systems. --- Remote sensing. --- Physical measurements. --- Measurement. --- Geographical Information Systems/Cartography. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Atmospheric Sciences. --- Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. --- Measurement Science and Instrumentation. --- Optics --- Rainbows --- Astrophysics --- Geophysics --- Heat --- Radiation --- Transport theory --- Diffusion --- Refraction --- Scattering (Physics) --- Opacity (Optics) --- Radiation and absorption --- Physical geography. --- Geography --- Geographical information systems --- GIS (Information systems) --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Measurement . --- Measuring --- Mensuration --- Mathematics --- Technology --- Metrology --- Physical measurements --- Measurements, Physical --- Mathematical physics --- Measurement --- Remote-sensing imagery --- Remote sensing systems --- Remote terrain sensing --- Sensing, Remote --- Terrain sensing, Remote --- Aerial photogrammetry --- Aerospace telemetry --- Detectors --- Space optics --- Atmospheric sciences --- Earth sciences --- Atmosphere --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics
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