Invisibility : the history and science of how not to be seen / Gregory J. Gbur.

"Is it possible for something or someone to be made invisible? This question, which has intrigued authors of science fiction for over a century, has become a headline-grabbing topic of scientific research. In this book, science writer and optical physicist Gregory J. Gbur traces the science of invis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gbur, Greg (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2023]
Subjects:	Invisibility. Electromagnetic waves. Light. Physics > Miscellanea. SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light. SCIENCE / History. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Optics. Informational works. Trivia and miscellanea.
Genre:	Miscellanea. Informational works. Trivia and miscellanea.
Physical Description:	viii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

In which I made a bad prediction
What do we mean by "invisible"?
Science meets fiction
Invisible rays, invisible monsters
Light comes out of the darkness
Light goes sideways
Magnets and currents and light, oh, my!
Waves and wells
What's in an atom?
The last of the great quantum skeptics
Seeing inside
A wolf on the hunt
Materials not found in nature
Invisibility cloaks appear
Things get weird
More than hiding
Appendix A: How to make your own invisibility device!
Appendix B: Invisibibliography.