The Nature of Light and Colour in the Open Air (Paperback)

from MsMixte

A bit technical, so this isn't for children, but a really interesting look at various phenomena of light and colour. The author looks at not just shadows, rainbows, and mirages, but delves into the whys and wherefores of things like interference colours in ferruginous water, how colours are affec...

from livingtech

This is a super interesting book. There was simultaneously too much math for me (I'm a math lightweight), and also parts of it felt too speculative. I wonder if that's just a factor of when it was (originally) written. Still, what I read of it was broken up into quite short digestible chunks, and...

from yapete

The definitive account of luminous observations in the outdoors.

from MsMixte

A bit technical, so this isn't for children, but a really interesting look at various phenomena of light and colour. The author looks at not just shadows, rainbows, and mirages, but delves into the whys and wherefores of things like interference colours in ferruginous water, how colours are affec...

from livingtech

This is a super interesting book. There was simultaneously too much math for me (I'm a math lightweight), and also parts of it felt too speculative. I wonder if that's just a factor of when it was (originally) written. Still, what I read of it was broken up into quite short digestible chunks, and...