Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light

by Max Born, Emil Wolf

Principles of Optics is one of the classic science books of the twentieth century. It presents optics deductively as a system based on Maxwell's equations. It deals with those optical phenomena that can be described with the help of a continuous distribution of matter and provides a complete picture of our knowledge of optics as a whole. This standard reference continues to be invaluable to advanced undergraduates, graduate students and researchers working in any area of optics.

Genres: Physics, Science, Nonfiction, Textbooks

836 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Max Born (was a German-British physicist and mathematician who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics. He also made contributions to solid-state physics and optics and supervised the work of a number of notable physicists in the 1920s and 30s. Born won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics (shared with Walther Bothe).

Reviews

[T Dodson · Rating 3 out of 5]

The information was good, but it was scattered. Many times a concept would be here or there and sometimes as different variables in different chapters. The math was also not well explained and unnecessarily heady.

[Fred · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very thorough treatment of optics from Maxwell's equation. My only wish is that they had practice problems. A necessary reference text for anyone working optics.

[psb · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is the standard.

One of the few books with septuple integrals.

[Abhi]

knowledgwe

[Ysabelleleanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

awesome!

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i like it

[Veronika Lapina · Rating 5 out of 5]

insides on diffraction as a theoretical concept, really might help one to deal with the way new materialist analysis employs diffractive reading