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- catalog contributor b1603937.
- catalog created "1981.".
- catalog date "1981".
- catalog date "1981.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1981.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 343-355.".
- catalog description "Descartes' theory of explanation and the foundations of his theory of light -- Descartes' doctrine of the instantaneous propagation of light and his explanation of the rainbow and of colours -- Descartes' explanation of reflection. Fermat's objections -- Descartes' explanation of refraction. Fermat's 'refutations' -- Fermat's principle of least time -- Huygens' Cartesianism and his theory of conjectural explanation -- Two precursors of Huygens' wave theory: Hooke and Pardies -- Huygens' wave theory -- Newton's theory of light and colours, 1672 -- Three critics of Newton's theory: Hooke, Pardies, Huygens -- Newton's dogmatism and the representation of white light -- The two levels of explanation: Newton's theory of refraction -- The two levels of explanation: Newton's theory of the colours of thin plates.".
- catalog extent "365 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521240948".
- catalog identifier "0521284368 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1981".
- catalog issued "1981.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "535/.1 19".
- catalog subject "Light History.".
- catalog subject "QC401 .S3 1981".
- catalog tableOfContents "Descartes' theory of explanation and the foundations of his theory of light -- Descartes' doctrine of the instantaneous propagation of light and his explanation of the rainbow and of colours -- Descartes' explanation of reflection. Fermat's objections -- Descartes' explanation of refraction. Fermat's 'refutations' -- Fermat's principle of least time -- Huygens' Cartesianism and his theory of conjectural explanation -- Two precursors of Huygens' wave theory: Hooke and Pardies -- Huygens' wave theory -- Newton's theory of light and colours, 1672 -- Three critics of Newton's theory: Hooke, Pardies, Huygens -- Newton's dogmatism and the representation of white light -- The two levels of explanation: Newton's theory of refraction -- The two levels of explanation: Newton's theory of the colours of thin plates.".
- catalog title "Theories of light, from Descartes to Newton / A.I. Sabra.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".