{"product_id":"opticks-9780486602059","title":"Opticks","description":"\"Recommended to all scientists.\" -- \u003ci\u003eJournal of Royal Naval Scientific Service\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"The publishers do us a service by issuing this reprint.\" -- The Institute of Physics\u003cbr\u003e\"An underpinning for the entire edifice of physics.\" -- \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA comprehensive survey of eighteenth-century knowledge about all aspects of light, \u003ci\u003eOpticks\u003c\/i\u003e also offers countless scientific insights by its distinguished author. One of the most readable of all the great classics of physical science, this volume will impress readers with its surprisingly modern perspectives.\u003cbr\u003eIn language that lay readers can easily follow, Sir Isaac Newton describes his famous experiments with spectroscopy and colors, lenses, and the reflection and diffraction of light. Book I contains his fundamental experiments with the spectrum, Book II deals with the ring phenomena, and Book III covers diffraction. The work concludes with \"Queries\" -- speculations concerning light and gravitation. \u003ci\u003eOpticks\u003c\/i\u003e is introduced with a Foreword by Albert Einstein.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486602059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.40w x 1.05d","brand":"Sir Isaac Newton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637884383388,"sku":"9780486602059","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_05130e84-d112-4dca-ba34-cfac55d08a2c.jpg?v=1603845924","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/opticks-9780486602059","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}