Flying Circus of Physics

The Nature of Light and Color in the Open Air is a classic book by M. Minnaert dealing with optical phenomenon. The book takes examples from everyday life and some not so common phenomenon like eclipses and halos. The edition that I have was published in 1954 by Dover. The book really covers wide spectrum of phenomenon involving light. The contents of the book are as follows 1 Sunlight and Shadows 2 Reflection of Light 3 Refraction of Light 4 Curvature of light rays in the atmosphere 5 Intensity and brightness of light 6 The Eye 7 Colors 8 After Images and Contrast Phenomenon 9 Judging shape and motion 10 Rainbows, halos and coronae 11 Light and color of the sky 12 Light and color of the landscape 13 Luminous plants, animals and stones Almost all the optical phenomenon that I ever wanted to know about or wanted an explanation has an entry here. And the most important factor that I feel that makes this book really stand out is the fact that least mathematics is used. Complex mathemati...