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The Rainbow: From Myth to Mathematics by Carl B. Boyer is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Rainbow: From Myth to Mathematics about?

Virtually every volume on mythology contains legends connected with the rainbow and practically all modern textbooks of physics include some exposition of the optical principles which account for the bow. Mankind has been thinking, talking and writing about the rainbow for thousands of years. The Rainbow: From Myth to Mathematics gathers material from a great number of primary and secondary sources in the hopes that readers may be tempted to study further some aspects of the history of the theory of the rainbow. Includes information on Aristotle, Francis Bacon, the Christian tradition, color, René Descartes, fogbow, Augustin Fresnel, Galileo Galilei, halo, Islamic tradition, Jesuits, Johann Kepler, nature of light, mirrors, Sir Isaac Newton, Olympiodorus, physics, rainbow breadth, reflection, refraction, Robert Grosseteste, Themo Judoci, Witelo, etc.

Who reads The Rainbow: From Myth to Mathematics?

Author

Carl B. Boyer

Publisher

Macmillan

Published

1959

Language

EN

ISBN

9781114825741

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Stem