Light Beyond. Luz Más Allá De 2015.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cetto, Ana María (-)
Otros Autores: Pérez Celis de Herrero, María Teresa Josefina
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ciudad de México : Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Investigaciones sobre la Universidad y la Educacion 2020.
Colección:Colección Heterodoxos.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009743520706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Foreword
  • A better world with light
  • On IYL 2015: quotation
  • An Introduction
  • Research in optics and photonics Shaping human destiny
  • Biophotonics: Light for life
  • New sources of light for research and applications
  • The invention of high-effi ciency blue LEDs and future solid-state lighting devices
  • The history of the universe from its beginning to its end: Where did we come from, and where can we go?
  • A plea for dark skies
  • Archeoastronomy: Recreating the sky of the past through its light
  • Ptolemy, Ibn al-Haytham, and Al-Fārisī: The beginnings of quantitative research in optics
  • Harvesting solar energy
  • Light for all
  • Global education in optics: A case of success
  • Outreach through light: A major legacy of the International Year of Light
  • Light and the city: Social experience in the collective imagination
  • Evanescence: Orchestration of light to mutate through time
  • In medias res: Light in fi ne arts
  • Light and cultural heritage
  • About the authors.