Ueber galvanische Polarisation

Hippokrates Ueber die Krankheiten III

irrelevant. Chemistry and the relations between science, technology, and industry are well surveyed by Crosland and Cardwell respectively. Forbes's essay on mathematical cosmography is not a comprehensive account but the story (albeit interesting) of a few German cartographers. Compared with other recent collections of essays in the history of science, this volume parades no party line: witness...

Ueber Das Verschwinden Der Θ-functionen

Ueber Die Fortpflanzung Ebener Luftwellen Von Endlicher Schwingungsweite

[Aus dem achten Bande der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. 1860.]

Ueber Die Fläche Vom Kleinsten Inhalt Bei Gegebener Begrenzung

Polarisation Signals

Humans are fascinated by the colour vision, colour signals and ‘dress codes’ of other animals as we can see colour. This property of light may be useful for increasing the contrast of objects during foraging, defence, camouflage and sexual communication. New research, largely from the last decade, now suggests that polarisation is a quality of light also used in signalling and may contain infor...