Fourier Transform Infrared: A Constantly Evolving Technology

Part 1 Classical times: origins the birth of interferential spectroscopy. Part 2 Dark ages: the decline of interferential spectroscopy competing technologies commercial dispersive spectrometers. Part 3 Renaissance: post-war developments experimental interferometric spectroscopy working out the details the Industrial Revolution rapid-scanning. Part 4 Modern times: the evolution of computation the evolution of interferometers FTIR since 1980 FTIR in space beyond FTIR - the shape of things to come.