The Rainbow, is a treatise on physics?

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José Antonio Martínez Pons

Abstract

The Rainbow is a freak of nature. But the explanation of why it occurs is quite complex and not often found in elementary physics books. Typically, you see only a bow, but sometimes there are two, one more intense than the other. This article gives several explanations of why the Rainbow. A according to Aristotle, another supernumerary arcs according to Young, and the last by Airy, based on the knowledge to be had on the properties of waves at the time.

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Martínez Pons, José Antonio. 2003. “The Rainbow, Is a Treatise on Physics?”. Vivat Academia. Journal of Communication, no. 45 (May):1-22. https://doi.org/10.15178/va.2003.45.1-22.
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José Antonio Martínez Pons, Departamento de Química Analítica e Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid

Licenciado en Ciencias Físicas (Geofísica) por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (España) y en Ciencias Químicas (Química física) por la UNED (España). Doctor por la Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (España) en el año 2000. Profesor de la Universidad de Alcalá de Henares en el área de Química Analítica e Ingeniería Química.