{"product_id":"descartess-theory-of-light-and-a-mark-smith-9780871697738","title":"Descartes's Theory of Light and Refraction: A Discourse on Method, Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 77, Part 3)","description":"Contents: (1) Historical Overview; \u0026amp; Descartes's Perspectivist Sources; (2) Analysis of Refraction: Cartesian Light-Theory; \u0026amp; A Critical Evaluation; (3) The Foundations of Perspectivist Optics: Perspectivist Light-Theory; Quantization of Light; \u0026amp; Comparison with Descartes's Theory of Light; (4) The Perspectivist Analysis of Refraction: Physical Model; Physical \"Explanation\" \u0026amp; The Final Cause; (5) Perspectivist Grounds of the Cartesian Proof: Mathematical Implications; From Cosines to Sines; \u0026amp; Descartes Revisited; (6) Cartesian Light-Theory as a Culmination; Toward a Kinetic Theory of Light; \u0026amp; Epistemological Consequences. App.: The Sine-Law Before Descartes; The Fermat-Descartes Controversy; \u0026amp; Kepler, Descartes \u0026amp; the Anaclastic. Illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. Mark Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0871697734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780871697738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American Philosophical Society Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.31d","brand":"A. Mark Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48449031930111,"sku":"9780871697738","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0e77fbd0-ad77-44fb-a4eb-24fe6d7db1be.jpg?v=1777261656","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/descartess-theory-of-light-and-a-mark-smith-9780871697738","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}