书目名称 | The Riddle of the Rainbow | 副标题 | From Early Legends a | 编辑 | John Naylor | 视频video | | 概述 | Gives a readable and up-to-date description and explanation of the rainbow.Includes a wealth of information about the rainbow’s cultural symbolism in myth, art, and literature.Traces the history of op | 丛书名称 | Copernicus Books | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .Rainbows have been a source of fascination since time immemorial. They have been the subject of myth and superstition, an inspiration to poets, a challenge to painters, the object of intense scientific interest and a touchstone for ideas about the nature of light and colour. Above all, the rainbow has been the embodiment of wonder from the earliest times to the present day..Beginning with the circumstances in which you are likely to see a rainbow and descriptions of its salient features, this book recounts and explains the myths and superstitions about rainbows, and describes how poets, painters and, above all, leading scientists in every age have sought to discover and understand the rainbow’s secrets..Readers with a love of nature and art and an interest in the history of science will enjoy this attractive and informative book.. | 出版日期 | Book 2023 | 关键词 | Rainbow history; Rainbow myths; Optics in Nature; Light and color in the atmosphere; Physics of Rainbows | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23908-3 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-23907-6 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-23908-3Series ISSN 2731-8982 Series E-ISSN 2731-8990 | issn_series | 2731-8982 | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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