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100 1 a| Hoeppe, Götz,d| 1969-=| ^A712933;

240 10 a| Blau, die Farbe des Himmels.l| English=| ^A713811;

245 10 a| Why the sky is blue :b| discovering the color of life /c| Götz Hoeppe ; translated with John Stewart.;

300 a| xx, 336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations (some color) ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| Translated from the German.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-323) and index.;

505 0 a| Of philosophers and the color blue -- A blue mixture : light and darkness -- Aerial perspective -- A color of the first order -- Basic phenomenon, or optical illusion? -- A polarized sky -- Lord Rayleigh's scattering -- Molecular reality -- Ozone's blue hour -- The color of life.;

650 0 a| Colorx| History.=| ^A17851;

650 0 a| Color (Philosophy)=| ^A222751;

650 0 a| Opticsx| History.=| ^A77473;

650 0 a| Lightx| Scattering.=| ^A32302;

650 0 a| Atmospheric physics.=| ^A187248;

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Why the sky is blue : discovering the color of life / Götz Hoeppe ; translated with John Stewart.

Author/creator	Hoeppe, Götz, 1969-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2007.
Description	xx, 336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subjects	Color--History. Color (Philosophy) Optics--History. Light--Scattering. Atmospheric physics.

Uniform title	Blau, die Farbe des Himmels. English
Contents	Of philosophers and the color blue -- A blue mixture : light and darkness -- Aerial perspective -- A color of the first order -- Basic phenomenon, or optical illusion? -- A polarized sky -- Lord Rayleigh's scattering -- Molecular reality -- Ozone's blue hour -- The color of life.
General note	Translated from the German.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-323) and index.
LCCN	2006026520
ISBN	9780691124537 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0691124531 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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