Descartes's Theory of Light and Refraction

Descartes's Theory of Light and Refraction
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Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Total Pages : 106
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ISBN-10 : 0871697734
ISBN-13 : 9780871697738
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Book Synopsis Descartes's Theory of Light and Refraction by : A. Mark Smith

Download or read book Descartes's Theory of Light and Refraction written by A. Mark Smith and published by American Philosophical Society. This book was released on 1987 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: (1) Historical Overview; & Descartes's Perspectivist Sources; (2) Analysis of Refraction: Cartesian Light-Theory; & A Critical Evaluation; (3) The Foundations of Perspectivist Optics: Perspectivist Light-Theory; Quantization of Light; & Comparison with Descartes's Theory of Light; (4) The Perspectivist Analysis of Refraction: Physical Model; Physical "Explanation" & The Final Cause; (5) Perspectivist Grounds of the Cartesian Proof: Mathematical Implications; From Cosines to Sines; & Descartes Revisited; (6) Cartesian Light-Theory as a Culmination; Toward a Kinetic Theory of Light; & Epistemological Consequences. App.: The Sine-Law Before Descartes; The Fermat-Descartes Controversy; & Kepler, Descartes & the Anaclastic. Illustrations.


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