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Author Berthier, Serge.

Title Iridescences : the physical colors of insects / Serge Berthier ; [translator, Capucine Lafait]
Published New York : Springer, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 160 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Contents Iridescence -- Why Colors -- Lepidoptera Description and Scales of Observation -- Coleoptera Description and Observation Scales -- Changing Colors: Structures or Pigments? -- Physical Colors, Chemical Colors Basics of Solid State Optics -- 1-Dimensional Structures: Interferences -- 2-Dimensional Structures: Interferences and Diffraction -- 3-Dimensional Structures: Crystalline Diffraction -- Amorphous Structures: Scattering -- Pigments and Pigmentary Colors -- Thermoregulation and Spectral Selectivity -- Vision and Colorimetry
Summary Butterflies and coleopterans are beautifully colored insects. This book aims to understand the origin of these brilliant colors from a physics perspective. It explains the different physical phenomena and shows numerous color illustrations. It is suitable for optical physicists, biologists, and teachers alike
Notes Translated from the French
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Subject Iridescence.
Insects -- Color
Insecta -- anatomy & histology
Pigmentation
Pigments, Biological -- physiology
iridescence.
NATURE -- Animals -- Insects & Spiders.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Entomology.
Insects -- Color.
Iridescence.
Physique.
Insects -- Color
Iridescence
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780387341200
038734120X
0387341196
9780387341194
6610805008
9786610805006