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Handbook of Optics, Third Edition Volume I: Geometrical and Physical Optics, Polarized Light, Components and Instruments(set)by Michael Bass; Casimer DeCusatis; Jay Enoch; Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan; Guifang Li; Carolyn MacDonald; Virendra Mahajan; Eric Van Stryland
McGraw-Hill 2009; US$ 150.00The most comprehensive and up-to-date optics resource available Prepared under the auspices of the Optical Society of America, the five carefully architected and cross-referenced volumes of the Handbook of Optics , Third Edition, contain everything a student, scientist, or engineer requires to actively work in the field. From the design of complex optical systems to world-class research and development methods, this definitive publication provides unparalleled access to the fundamentals of the discipline and its greatest minds. Individual chapters are written by the world's most renowned experts who explain, illustrate, and solve the entire field of optics. Each volume contains a complete chapter listing for the entire Handbook... more...
Optical Physicsby Ariel Lipson; Stephen G. Lipson; Henry Lipson
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 64.00Fourth edition of a well-established textbook for undergraduate courses on modern optics, with numerous practical examples and figures. more...
Field Guide to Geometrical Opticsby John E. Greivenkamp
SPIE 2004; US$ 24.99This Field Guide derives from the treatment of geometrical optics that has evolved from both the undergraduate and graduate programs at the Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona. The development is both rigorous and complete, and it features a consistent notation and sign convention. This volume covers Gaussian imagery, paraxial optics, first-order optical system design, system examples, illumination, chromatic effects, and an introduction to aberrations. The appendices provide supplemental material on radiometry and photometry, the human eye, and several other topics. more...
Optical Metrologyby Gå; Kjell J. svik
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2003; US$ 115.00New material on computerized optical processes, computerized ray tracing, and the fast Fourier transform, Bibre-Bragg sensors, and temporal phase unwrapping. * New introductory sections to all chapters. * Detailed discussion on lasers and laser principles, including an introduction to radiometry and photometry. * Thorough coverage of the CCD camera. more...
Light Years and Time Travelby Brian Clegg
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 24.95PRAISE FOR LIGHT YEARS AND TIME TRAVEL "This immensely likeable work of pop science traces 'man's enduring fascination with light,' from Aristotle's plans for a death ray (burning enemy ships with a giant array of mirrors) to a recent experiment that seems to have sent Mozart's 40th Symphony faster than light, and thus back through time. Clegg is very good at explaining the bizarre properties of light." -The Guardian "A fascinating book on a fascinating subject. It brings together all aspects of light in an unusual and compelling manner." -Sir Patrick Moore "Light's properties often seem mysterious to the point of being unfathomable. Yet in this extraordinary book, Brian Clegg manages to explain them through the lives of those so fixated... more...
Experimental Researches In Chemistry And Physicsby Michael Faraday; J. M. Thomas
CRC Press 1990; US$ 84.95A classic book by world-renowned scientist Michael Faraday. more...
Brief History of Light, And Those That Lit The Wayby R J Weiss
World Scientific 1996; US$ 61.10From Leonardo to Oppenheimer, from candles to lasers, from cave drawings to cinema, from Stonehenge to quantum mechanics, from Genesis to the Big Bang, light has filled our thoughts, our way of life, our aesthetics, our technology, and our means for survival. Richard Weiss leads us along these paths over the past 500 light years. The way is lit by pioneers such as Rembrandt, Einstein, D W Griffith, Newton, and Heisenberg. A Brief History Of Light, And Those That Lit The Way is a summer's day roller-coaster ride through five centuries of man's achievements in understanding and manipulating light. Readership: General. more...
Mother Nature's Two Laws, Ringmasters For Circus Earthby A D Kirwan
World Scientific 2000; US$ 44.20Every day brings a fresh barrage of bewildering claims about science and technology. How non-scientists tell the difference between the hyperbole and those developments that are important? With a modest amount of critical thinking, an understanding of how science is practiced, and a qualitative understanding of the two most sacred principles in science - the first and second laws of thermodynamics - anyone can make the distinction. Critical thinking and the practice of science are not emphasized in undergraduate science courses for non-scientists, while exposure to the first and second laws is usually reserved for physical science and engineering majors. This book introduces non-scientists to these topics and provides detailed applications... more...
Problems And Solutions On Thermodynamics And Statistical Mechanicsby Y K Lim; J R Zheng
World Scientific 1990; US$ 96.20The material for these volumes has been selected from the past twenty years' examination questions for graduate students at University of California at Berkeley, Columbia University, the University of Chicago, MIT, State University of New York at Buffalo, Princeton University and University of Wisconsin. more...
Detection of Lightby George Rieke
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 76.00Detection of Light provides a comprehensive overview of the important approaches to photon detection from ultraviolet to submillimeter spectral regions. This expanded and fully updated second edition discusses recently introduced types of detector, providing a comprehensive and unified treatment of light detection, with emphasis on the underlying physical principles. more...









