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Slow Light is a popular treatment of today's astonishing breakthroughs in the science of light. Even though we don't understand light's quantum mysteries, we can slow it to a stop and speed it up beyond its Einsteinian speed limit, 186,000 miles/sec; use it for quantum telecommunications; teleport it; manipulate it to create invisibility; and perhaps generate hydrogen fusion power with it. All this is lucidly presented for non-scientists who wonder about teleportation, Harry Potter invisibility cloaks, and other fantastic outcomes. Slow Light shows how the real science and the fantasy inspire each other, and projects light's incredible future.Emory physicist Sidney Perkowitz discusses how we are harnessing the mysteries of light into technologies like lasers and fiber optics that are transforming our daily lives. Science-fiction fantasies like Harry Potter's invisibility cloak are turning into real possibilities. Please click here for more info.Product Identifiers
PublisherImperial College Press
ISBN-139781848167520
eBay Product ID (ePID)109247737
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SubjectScience, Physics
Publication Year2011
Number of Pages156 Pages
Publication NameSlow Light: Invisibility, Teleportation, and Other Mysteries of Light
LanguageEnglish
TypeTextbook
AuthorSidney Perkowitz
FormatPaperback
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorSidney Perkowitz