Venerated as god and goddess, feared as demon and pestilence, trusted as battle omen, and used as a proving ground for optical theories, the rainbow's image is woven into the fabric of our past and present. From antiquity to the nineteenth century, the rainbow has played a vital role in both inspiring and testing new ideas about the physical world. Although scientists today understand the rainbow's underlying optics fairly well, its subtle variability in nature has yet to be fully explained. Throughout history the rainbow ...
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Venerated as god and goddess, feared as demon and pestilence, trusted as battle omen, and used as a proving ground for optical theories, the rainbow's image is woven into the fabric of our past and present. From antiquity to the nineteenth century, the rainbow has played a vital role in both inspiring and testing new ideas about the physical world. Although scientists today understand the rainbow's underlying optics fairly well, its subtle variability in nature has yet to be fully explained. Throughout history the rainbow has been seen primarily as a symbol--of peace, covenant, or divine sanction--rather than as a natural phenomenon. Lee and Fraser discuss the role the rainbow has played in societies throughout the ages, contrasting its guises as a sign of optimism, bearer of Greek gods' messages of war and retribution, and a symbol of the Judeo-Christian bridge to the divine. The authors traverse the bridges between the rainbow's various roles as they explore its scientific, artistic, and folkloric visions. This unique book, exploring the rainbow from the perspectives of atmospheric optics, art history, color theory, and mythology, will inspire readers to gaze at the rainbow anew. For more information on The Rainbow Bridge , visit:
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book A large, very heavy item: Priority and non-U.S. shipping may require extra fees; please inquire before ordering. Not ex-lib; remainder marks lower page edges. Hardcover in violet cloth, in smooth illustrated jacket, 4to. xiii + 393pp. Index, bibliography, endnotes. Color illustrations, diagrams throughout. NF/NF. Bumping to upper front corner of book and jacket. Otherwise as new: clean, tight, square and unmarked. Jacket in Brodart.
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Very Good. Size: 11x8x1; 2001 1st edition, large hardcover, Fine-/Fine-DJ in Mylar, dustjacket has very slight wear-in new Mylar, rear corner slightly bumped-otherwise closer to Like New, no markings found, not a remainder, a nice copy.
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Fine in near fine jacket. Signed by both Lee and Fraser! Purple cloth boards in dust jacket, quarto [9" x 11.25"], illustrated in color. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ gently shelfworn.
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Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible-Very Good. Good dust jacket. (Rainbows, Nature, Science, Mythology) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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