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Light L ight , a basic aspect of the human environment , cannot be defined in terms of anything simpler or more directly appreciated by the senses than itself . Light , certainly , is responsible for the sensation of sight . Light is ...
Light L ight , a basic aspect of the human environment , cannot be defined in terms of anything simpler or more directly appreciated by the senses than itself . Light , certainly , is responsible for the sensation of sight . Light is ...
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... LIGHT Interaction of plane - polarized beams . Fresnel and Arago , using an apparatus based on Young's experiment ( Figure 4 ) , investigated the conditions under which two beams of plane polarized light may produce interference fringes ...
... LIGHT Interaction of plane - polarized beams . Fresnel and Arago , using an apparatus based on Young's experiment ( Figure 4 ) , investigated the conditions under which two beams of plane polarized light may produce interference fringes ...
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... light phenomena not caused solely by a rise of temperature , but the distinction between the terms phosphorescence and fluorescence is still open to discussion . With respect to organic molecules , the term phosphorescence means light ...
... light phenomena not caused solely by a rise of temperature , but the distinction between the terms phosphorescence and fluorescence is still open to discussion . With respect to organic molecules , the term phosphorescence means light ...
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