The easy way to shed light on Optics In general terms, optics is the science of light. More specifically, optics is a branch of physics that describes the behavior and properties of light including visible, infrared, and ultraviolet and the interaction of light with matter. Optics For Dummies gives you an approachable introduction to optical science, methods, and applications. You'll get plain-English explanations of the nature of light and optical effects; reflection, refraction, and diffraction; color dispersion; optical devices, industrial, medical, and military applications; as well as laser light fundamentals.
Victorian Glassworlds - Glass Culture and the Imagination 1830 - 1880
Isobel Armstrong's startlingly original and beautifully illustrated book tells the stories that spring from the mass-production of glass in nineteenth-century England. Moving across technology, industry, local history, architecture, literature, print culture, the visual arts, optics, and philosophy, it will transform our understanding of the Victorian period.
The New Physical Optics Notebook: Tutorials in Fourier Optics
Approaches the topic of physical optics with examples drawn from the physical processes described. Includes chapters on Fourier transforms, image formation, optical coherence, diffraction, interference, holography, interferometry, analog optical computing, synthetic aperture imaging, and others. Contains more than 600 photographs and line drawings and more than 650 references.
Basic And Clinical Science Course Section 3: Clinical Optics
Presents current applications of optical phenomena, including the optical foundations of lasers, spectacles, IOLs, and refractive surgery, and the design, fitting, and complications of contact lenses. Also covered are optics of the human eye, the design and use of ophthalmic instruments, basic concepts of geometrical optics, and the current approach to low vision management and vision rehabilitation
