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Iridescences

The Physical Colors of Insects

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-0-387-34119-4
Verlag: Springer
Erscheinungstermin: 19.12.2006
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Butterflies and coleoptera are the most beautifully colored insects we can find. This book wants to understand the origin of these brilliant colors from a physics perspective. The different physical phenomena are explained and numerous color illustrations shown. The book is a rich source for optical physicists, biologists, and teachers alike.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9780387341194
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-0-387-34119-4
  • Verlag: Springer
  • Erscheinungstermin: 19.12.2006
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 2007
  • Produktform: Gebunden
  • Gewicht: 533 g
  • Seiten: 160
  • Format (B x H x T): 183 x 260 x 16 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Autoren/Hrsg.

Autoren

Iridescence.- Why Colors.- Lepidoptera Description and Scales of Observation.- Coleoptera Description and Observation Scales.- Changing Colors: Structures or Pigments?.- Physical Colors, Chemical Colors Basics of Solid State Optics.- 1-Dimensional Structures: Interferences.- 2-Dimensional Structures: Interferences and Diffraction.- 3-Dimensional Structures: Crystalline Diffraction.- Amorphous Structures: Scattering.- Pigments and Pigmentary Colors.- Thermoregulation and Spectral Selectivity.- Vision and Colorimetry.