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Author Spence, John C. H., author

Title Lightspeed : the ghostly aether and the race to measure the speed of light / John C.H. Spence
Edition First edition
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Summary This title tells the story of one of man's greatest intellectual adventures - how it came to be understood that light travels at a finite speed, so that when we look up at the stars we are looking back in time. From the ancient Greeks measuring the distance to the sun, to today's satellite navigation, the text offers a gripping historical journey
Notes This edition also issued in print: 2019
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Audience Specialized
Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 13, 2019)
Subject Light -- Speed -- Popular works
Physics -- History -- Popular works
Light -- Speed
Physics
Genre/Form History
Popular works
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191878084
0191878081