Zapped: from infrared to X-rays, the curious history of invisible light [First edition] 9780316311311, 0316311316

Table of contents :
Light fantastic --
Now you see it, now you don't --
The green planet and the red heat --
Hot rays --
Ultraviolet brings the blues --
Danger beyond the violet --
Energy rhythms --
The exploding sun --
No soap --
Turning on and tuning in --
The speed that destroyed space and time --
Microwaves everywhere --
The man with the X-ray vision --
Röntgen rays for everyone --
What's in your basement? --
The atomic quartet --
Gamma rays : the impossible light --
Cell-phone radiation --
Cosmic rays --
Beams from the universe's birth --
Energy from our minds --
Ray guns --
The next frontier : zero-point and dark energies --
Total solar eclipse : when the rays stop --
ETs may be broadcasting, but what's their number? --
Does light have a bright future?

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