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Odile Jacob Publishing To Release Today The Science Of Light, A Captivating Journey Of Scientific Discovery By Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Serge Haroche

PARIS, March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

The Science of Light is available for purchase worldwide in digital formats

starting on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at

https://www.odilejacob.com/catalogue/sciences/physique-chimie/science-of-light_9782415000035.php

and on all retail platforms.

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                                Serge Haroche

                           Nobel Prize in Physics

                            The Science of Light

                From Galileo's Telescope to Quantum Physics

Light has fascinated mankind since the dawn of time. Elucidating its properties

over the centuries has been an adventure intimately linked with the birth and

development of modern science; it has led, after many surprising twists, to the

theories of relativity and quantum physics which have profoundly changed our

view of the world at the microscopic and cosmic scales alike. Placing his own

career in a rich lineage of scientific discovery, Nobel Prize-winning physicist

Serge Haroche offers a literally enlightening account of what we know about

light today, how we learned it, and how that knowledge has led to countless

inventions that have revolutionized daily life.

From Galileo and Newton to Einstein and Feynman, from early measurements of the

speed of light to cutting-edge work on quantum entanglement, Haroche takes a

detailed and personal look at light's role in how we see and understand the

universe. The Science of Light is at once a colorful history of scientific

inquiry and a passionate defense of "blue sky research" -- investigations

conducted not in pursuit of a particular goal, but out of curiosity and faith

that today's abstract discoveries may well power tomorrow's most incredible

possibilities.

A uniquely captivating book about the thrill of discovery.

Serge Haroche is professor emeritus at the College de France, a member of the

Academie des Sciences, a foreign member of the U.S. National Academy of

Sciences, and winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering methods

of manipulating and measuring individual quantum systems. He has taught at

Paris VI University, the Ecole Polytechnique, the Ecole Normale Superieure,

Harvard University, and Yale University.

Contact:

cecile.andrier@odilejacob.fr

SOURCE Odile Jacob Publishing