Screen LibraryThe physics of invisibility：a story of light and deception
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY |
| Publication Dates: | c2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0616-7 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xvii, 206 p.): ill. (some col.) |
| ISBN: |
9781461406167 (electronic bk.) 1461406161 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | O43 |
| CLC: | O43 |
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Includes index. Of all things visible and invisible -- A very brief history of light -- Mirror tricks, the art of cloaking and seeing the impossible -- Maxwell's marvelous waves -- The metamaterial revolution -- Afterword -- Appendix. "Arthur C. Clarke famously wrote that, 'any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.' These words most certainly ring true with respect to invisibility cloaking devices. At work is the magic of science, of course. The technology to make an object simply disappear from view is now a reality. There is both great fear and great desire in the thought of invisibility. Indeed, for thousands of years, authors have grappled with the idea. Power, devilry, secrecy, ethical dilemma, and moral corruption - invisibility has it all ... |