Seeing the light : optics without equations / William Wolfe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolfe, William, author.

Contributor:

Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, publisher.

Series:

SPIE monograph ; PM349.

SPIE digital library

SPIE Press monograph ; PM349

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Optics.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (488 pages)

Place of Publication:

Bellingham, Washington : SPIE, 2022.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"Concepts in Contemporary Optics: everything about optics and its applications in plain language covers the concepts of light, waves, photons, refraction, reflection, diffraction and so on, for non-scientists and are all described without equations. This book can be used by those who teach optics, by those outside the field as background for any course in optics, for the curious, and by those who need some understanding for their research and other activities. It is divided into several sections. Basic Concepts come first. The next section is Optics in Nature, all the familiar things we observe explained without any math. Then Optical Components like prisms and mirrors. That is followed by Optical Instruments that range from fairly simple otoscopes that doctors use to ICBM and clear air turbulence detectors, and finally a section on seminal Experiments like those that proved relativity and the wave and photon nature of light. There are also technical appendices for those readers who want to dig into the math"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"SPIE Digital Library."--Website.

Title from PDF title page (SPIE eBooks Website, viewed 2022-12-14).

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

9781510652132

OCLC:

1350654923

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.