Why the sky is blue discovering the color of life - Hoeppe, Gotz 1969- (Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press, 2007)
Of philosophers and the color blue -- A blue mixture : light and darkness -- Aerial perspective -- A color of the first order -- Basic phenomenon, or optical illusion? -- A polarized sky -- Lord Rayleigh's scattering -- Molecular reality -- Ozone's blue hour -- The color of life.
Translated from the German.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-323) and index.0
Keywords: Color -- History; Color (Philosophy); Optics -- History; Light -- Scattering; Atmospheric physics.4.