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Light Sources, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Light Sources, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Spiros Kitsinelis, Spyridon Kitsinelis
May 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
295 pages
8h 16m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Light Sources, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
1
1
Basic Principles
of Light
andVision
1.1 Properties of Light
It is imperative to begin by dening several terms used throughout the book that
will help the reader understand the properties of lamp technologies available and
how light affects an individual. In addition to the introduction of the basic prin-
ciples of light and vision, the reader may also refer to the Glossary where deni-
tions of the various terms are provided.
As seen in Figure1.1, visible light is just a small part of the electromagnetic
spectrum to which the human eye is sensitive and it includes waves with lengths
from around 380 nanometers (10
–9
m) to about 780 nanometers. ...
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ISBN: 9781482243673