Introduction to light : the physics of light, vision, and color
(2002)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
535/WALDMAN,G

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 535/WALDMAN,G Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, [2002]
©2002
EDITION
Dover edition
DESCRIPTION

x, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
048642118X (pbk.)
LANGUAGE
English
CONTENTS

Preface Part I

What is light? -- Early ideas of light -- Greek optics -- Optics in the Middle Ages -- New beginning -- Classical theories -- Corpuscular theory -- Wave theory -- Electromagnetic waves -- Modern theories -- Blackbody radiation -- Photoelectric effect -- Nuclear atom -- Matter waves --

Part II

Manipulation of light -- Geometrical optics -- Light rays -- Reflection and refraction -- Spherical lenses and mirrors -- Conic section mirrors -- Polarization -- Transverse waves and polarization -- Polarization by reflection -- Polarization by scattering -- Double refraction -- Circular polarization -- Lasers -- Absorption and emission -- Population inversion -- Ruby laser -- Helium-neon laser -- Other laser types -- Effects of the optical cavity -- Coherence -- Applications -- Holography -- Zone plates -- Hologram as a set of zone plates -- Improved holograms -- Holography and photography -- Holograms as sets of hyperbolic mirrors -- New types of holograms -- Applications --

Part III

Vision -- Eye -- Outer shell -- Pupil -- Lens -- Retina -- Pathways to the brain -- Seeing -- Eye movements -- Optical illusions -- Seeing in three dimensions -- Color vision

Part IV

Color -- Light and color in nature -- Natural light -- Forced oscillators -- Rayleigh scattering -- White light scattering -- Dispersion -- Coronas and the glory -- Thin film colors -- Pigments in nature -- Other natural lighting effects -- Color science -- Newton's work -- Primary colors -- Attributes of color -- Color solid and color atlases -- Colorimetry --

Appendix A

Lens and mirror equations --

Appendix B

Snell's Law --

Appendix C

Scientific notations --

Index

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