Mapping the Spectrum
Techniques of Visual Representation in Research and Teaching
Seiten
2002
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-850953-0 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-850953-0 (ISBN)
Describes how advances in recording and printing technologies have influenced the research and teaching style of succeeding generations of physicists, chemists, and astronomers. This is a study of the ways in which various types of spectra, especially the sun's Fraunhofer lines, have been recorded, displayed, and interpreted.
Ever since the boom of spectrum analysis in the 1860s, spectroscopy has become one of the most fruitful research technologies in analytic chemistry, physics, astronomy, and other sciences. This book is the first in-depth study of the ways in which various types of spectra, especially the sun's Fraunhofer lines, have been recorded, displayed, and interpreted. The book assesses the virtues and pitfalls of various types of depictions, including hand sketches, woodcuts, engravings, lithographs and, from the late 1870s onwards, photomechanical reproductions. The material of a 19th-century engraver or lithographer, the daily research practice of a spectroscopist in the laboratory, or a student's use of spectrum posters in the classroom, all are looked at and documented here. For pioneers of photography such as John Herschel or Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, the spectrum even served as a prime test object for gauging the color sensitivity of their processes.
This is a broad, contextual portrayal of the visual culture of spectroscopy in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The illustrations are not confined to spectra - they show instruments, laboratories, people at work, and plates of printing manuals.The result is a multifacetted description, focusing on the period from Fraunhofer up to the beginning of Bohr's quantum theory. A great deal of new and fascinating material from two dozen archives has been included. A must for anyone interested in the history of modern science, or in research practice using visual representations.
Ever since the boom of spectrum analysis in the 1860s, spectroscopy has become one of the most fruitful research technologies in analytic chemistry, physics, astronomy, and other sciences. This book is the first in-depth study of the ways in which various types of spectra, especially the sun's Fraunhofer lines, have been recorded, displayed, and interpreted. The book assesses the virtues and pitfalls of various types of depictions, including hand sketches, woodcuts, engravings, lithographs and, from the late 1870s onwards, photomechanical reproductions. The material of a 19th-century engraver or lithographer, the daily research practice of a spectroscopist in the laboratory, or a student's use of spectrum posters in the classroom, all are looked at and documented here. For pioneers of photography such as John Herschel or Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, the spectrum even served as a prime test object for gauging the color sensitivity of their processes.
This is a broad, contextual portrayal of the visual culture of spectroscopy in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The illustrations are not confined to spectra - they show instruments, laboratories, people at work, and plates of printing manuals.The result is a multifacetted description, focusing on the period from Fraunhofer up to the beginning of Bohr's quantum theory. A great deal of new and fascinating material from two dozen archives has been included. A must for anyone interested in the history of modern science, or in research practice using visual representations.
1. Introduction ; 2. The spectrum in historical context ; 3. The interplay of representational form and purpose ; 4. Line matters ; 5. The material culture of printing ; 6. The rise of photography ; 7. Photochemical experimentation, infrared exploration, and the turn towards photometry ; 8. Research applications: Pattern recognition ; 9. In the classroom laboratory ; 10. Epilogue ; Appendix ; Bibliographic abbreviations ; References
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.5.2002 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | numerous figures and halftones, 4 colour plates |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 176 x 247 mm |
| Gewicht | 1058 g |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Grafik / Design |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Analytische Chemie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik | |
| Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-850953-7 / 0198509537 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-850953-0 / 9780198509530 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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