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Author Robertson, William C.

Title Light / [by William C. Robertson ; illustrated by Brian Diskin]
Published Arlington, Va. : NSTA Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (x, 115 pages) : illustrations
Series Stop faking it!
Robertson, William C. Stop faking it!
Contents Light-the early years -- Colorful waves -- Focus, people, focus! -- Not-so-cheap sunglasses -- When light waves collide -- All about eyeballs -- Fire the photon torpedoes, Mr. Sulu!
Summary Publisher's description: Covers what science teachers and parents need to know to teach about light with confidence. It uses ray, wave, and particle models of light to explain the basics of reflection and refraction, optical instruments, polarization of light, and interference and diffraction. There's also an entire chapter on the workings of the eye. Each chapter ends with a Summary and Applications section that reinforces concepts with everyday examples
Notes Enclosed light kit contains: three color gels (red, blue, yellow), Three sheets of polarized film, one diffraction grating peephole in pocket
Print version record
Subject Light -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
Optics -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
SCIENCE -- Physics -- Optics & Light.
Form Electronic book
Author Diskin, Brian.
LC no. 2003004143
ISBN 9781933531854
1933531851
9780873552158
0873552156