A History of Light and Colour Measurement: Science in the Shadows

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CRC Press, 2015 M05 5 - 280 pages
2003 Paul Bunge Prize of the Hans R. Jenemann Foundation for the History of Scientific Instruments

Judging the brightness and color of light has long been contentious. Alternately described as impossible and routine, it was beset by problems both technical and social. How trustworthy could such measurements be? Was the best standard of inten

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Johnston\, Sean F.

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