| Title | Iridescences : the physical colors of insects |
| Author(s) | Serge Berthier |
| Publication | New York, Springer, 2007. |
| Description | 1 online resource (x, 160 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.) |
| Abstract Note | Butterflies and coleopterans are beautifully colored insects. This book aims to understand the origin of these brilliant colors from a physics perspective. It explains the different physical phenomena and shows numerous color illustrations. It is suitable for optical physicists, biologists, and teachers alike |
| Contents Note | Iridescence -- Why colors -- Lepidoptera description and scales of observation -- Coleoptera description and observation scales -- Changing colors: structures or pigments? -- Physical colors, chemical colors basics fo solid state optics -- 1-dimensional structures: interferences -- 2-deimensional structures: interferences and diffraction -- 3-dimensional structures: crystalline diffraction -- Amorphous structures: scattering -- Pigments and pigmentary colors -- Thermoregulation and spectral selectivity -- Vision and colorimetry |
| Notes | Includes indexes |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. INSECTS
4. Iridescence
5. NATURE
6. Pigmentation
7. Pigments, Biological
8. SCIENCE
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| Item Type | eBook |