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100	1		_aSabra, A. I.
245	1	0	_aTheories of light: from Descartes to Newton _c[by] A. I. Sabra.
260			_aLondon, _bOldbourne _c[1967]
300			_a363 p. _bdiagrs. _c23 cm.
490	0		_aOldbourne history of science library
504			_aBibliography: p. 343-353.
505			_aPreface // Introduction // Abbreviations // Descartes theory of explanation and the foundations of his theory of light // Descartes doctrine of the instantaneous propagation of light and his explanation of the rainbow and of colours // Descarters explanation of reflection , Fermats objections // Descartes explanation of refraction , Fermat's refutations // Fermat's principle of least time // Huygen's cartesianism and his theory of conjectural explanation // Two precursors of Huygens wave theory : Hooke and Paradies // Huygens wave theory // Newton's theory of light and colours // Three critics of Newton's Theory : Hooke, Paradies,Huygens // Newton's Dogmatism and the representation of white light // The two levels of explanation: Newton's theory of refraction // The two levels of explantion : Newton's theory of the colours of thin plates // Bibliography // Index //
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