CONTENTS

1  What Rainbows Are and How They Work

2  Rainbows in the History of Scientific Enquiry

3  Rainbows and Myth

4  Rainbows in Literature, Poetry and Music

5  Rainbows in Art and Film

6  Rainbows in Politics and Popular Culture

REFERENCES

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PHOTO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INDEX

Rainbow and complex clouds after intense rain near Stockton, California.