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Why the sky is blue: discovering the color of life
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Table des matières
Prologue Looking at the Sky | 1 |
Of Philosophers and the Color Blue | 9 |
Light and Darkness | 31 |
Aerial Perspective | 52 |
A Color of the First Order | 77 |
Basic Phenomenon or Optical Illusion? | 108 |
A Polarized Sky | 131 |
Lord Rayleighs Scattering | 169 |
Molecular Reality | 203 |
Ozones Blue Hour | 235 |
The Color of Life | 261 |
Epilogue | 289 |
A Simple Derivation of the Inverse Fourth | 295 |
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