Seeing the Light Optics in Nature, Photography, Color, Vision, and Holography

Name: Seeing the Light Optics in Nature, Photography, Color, Vision, and Holography
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ISBN: 9780471603856

ISBN-10: 0471603856

ISBN-13: 9780471603856

Edition: 1st 1985

Authors: David R. Falk, Dieter R. Brill, David G. Stork

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The most complete and lucid nonmathematical study of light available. Chapters are self-contained, making the book flexible and easy to read. Coverage includes such non-traditional topics as processes of vision and the eye, atmospherical optical phenomena, color perception and illusions, color in nature and in art, Kirilian photography, and holography. Includes experiments that can be carried out with simple equipment. Chapters contain optional advanced sections, and appendixes review the mathematics for quantitative aspects. Illustrated, including a four-color insert.

Book details

List price: $168.95
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1985
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/15/1985
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 8.25" wide x 11.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.948
Language: English



Fundamental Properties of Light


Principles of Geometrical Optics


Mirrors and Lenses


The Camera and Photography


The Human Eye and Vision I: Producing the Image


Optical Instruments


The Human Eye and Vision II: Processing the Image


Binocular Vision and the Perception of Depth


Color


Color Perception Mechanisms


Color Photography


Wave Optics


Scattering and Polarization


Holography


Light in Modern Physics


Mathematical Appendixes


References


Index