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Light Waves and Color - Chapter Outline

Lesson 1: How Do We Know Light is a Wave?

1. Wave-like Behaviors of Light
2. Two Point Source Interference
3. Thin Film Interference
4. Polarization

Lesson 2: Color and Vision

1. The Electromagnetic and Visible Spectra
2. Visible Light and the Eye's Response
3. Light Absorbtion, Reflection, and Transmission
4. Color Addition
5. Color Subtraction
6. Blue Skies and Red Sunsets

Lesson 3: Mathematics of Two-Point Source Interference

1. Anatomy of a Two-Point Source Interference Pattern
2. The Path Difference
3. Young's Equation
4. Young's Experiment
5. Other Applications of Two Point Source Interference