Seeing with Light, Sound, Microwaves, X-Rays, Gamma Rays, Etc.

It is common to regard humans as being able to see only with light, but about a hundred years ago at the beginning of the modern era, along came x-rays and sonograms. By now technology has made it possible for us to see in a great many different ways. Important views such as underground pools of oil...

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Main Author: Wade, Glen
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Iowa State University Digital Repository 1990
Subjects:
Acoustics
Dynamics
and Controls
Electrical and Electronics
Electromagnetics and Photonics
Optics
Arctic
Saturn
Online Access:https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/qnde/1990/allcontent/1
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1475&context=qnde
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spelling ftiowastateuniv:oai:lib.dr.iastate.edu:qnde-1475 2023-05-15T15:01:21+02:00 Seeing with Light, Sound, Microwaves, X-Rays, Gamma Rays, Etc. Wade, Glen 1990-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/qnde/1990/allcontent/1 https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1475&context=qnde en eng Iowa State University Digital Repository https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/qnde/1990/allcontent/1 https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1475&context=qnde Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation Acoustics Dynamics and Controls Electrical and Electronics Electromagnetics and Photonics Optics text 1990 ftiowastateuniv 2018-11-25T21:48:02Z It is common to regard humans as being able to see only with light, but about a hundred years ago at the beginning of the modern era, along came x-rays and sonograms. By now technology has made it possible for us to see in a great many different ways. Important views such as underground pools of oil, tumors in the brain, fine structure in the rings of Saturn, ship wreckage on the bottom of the ocean, cracks in the ice packs of the Arctic, all these views and many more, completely unperceivable one hundred years ago, are available to us now with our technology in astonishing clarity and detail. Text Arctic Digital Repository @ Iowa State University Arctic Saturn ENVELOPE(156.040,156.040,62.067,62.067)
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Dynamics
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Electrical and Electronics
Electromagnetics and Photonics
Optics
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Dynamics
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Electromagnetics and Photonics
Optics
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Seeing with Light, Sound, Microwaves, X-Rays, Gamma Rays, Etc.
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Dynamics
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description It is common to regard humans as being able to see only with light, but about a hundred years ago at the beginning of the modern era, along came x-rays and sonograms. By now technology has made it possible for us to see in a great many different ways. Important views such as underground pools of oil, tumors in the brain, fine structure in the rings of Saturn, ship wreckage on the bottom of the ocean, cracks in the ice packs of the Arctic, all these views and many more, completely unperceivable one hundred years ago, are available to us now with our technology in astonishing clarity and detail.
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