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Introduction to Fourier Optics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as optics)
avg rating 4.26 — 58 ratings — published 1968
Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as optics)
avg rating 4.14 — 93 ratings — published 1980
Nonlinear Optics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as optics)
avg rating 4.22 — 46 ratings — published
Quantum Optics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as optics)
avg rating 3.73 — 11 ratings — published 1994
Theory and Practice of Optics & Refraction (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as optics)
avg rating 3.89 — 80 ratings — published
Introduction to Optics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as optics)
avg rating 3.62 — 91 ratings — published 1987
Fundamentals of Optics (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as optics)
avg rating 3.78 — 32 ratings — published 1976
The Contact Lens Manual: A Practical Guide to Fitting (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as optics)
avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 2003
Optical Shop Testing (Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics)
by (shelved 3 times as optics)
avg rating 4.25 — 8 ratings — published 1978
Understanding Physics for JEE Main & Advanced Optics & Modern Physics (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as optics)
avg rating 4.32 — 435 ratings — published 2013
Statistical Optics (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as optics)
avg rating 4.22 — 9 ratings — published 1985
Guide Experiments in Quantum Optics 2e (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as optics)
avg rating 3.50 — 4 ratings — published 1998
Principles of Lasers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as optics)
avg rating 3.65 — 23 ratings — published 1995
Introduction to Modern Optics (Dover Books on Physics)
by (shelved 3 times as optics)
avg rating 3.75 — 138 ratings — published 1968
Lasers by Siegman, Anthony E. (1986) Hardcover
by (shelved 3 times as optics)
avg rating 4.33 — 30 ratings — published 1986
Quantum noise (Springer series in synergetics)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 1991
Introductory Quantum Optics (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 3.16 — 25 ratings — published 2004
QUANTUM THEORY OF LIGHT 3E PAPER (Oxford Science Publications)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 3.62 — 13 ratings — published 1973
Laser Beam Shaping Applications (Optical Science and Engineering)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2005
Fundamentals of Photonics, 2 Volume Set (Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 4.80 — 5 ratings — published
Principles of Optics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 5.00 — 3 ratings — published
The Cine Lens Manual (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 4.82 — 11 ratings — published
Basic Optics and Optical Instruments: Revised Edition (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 4.17 — 6 ratings — published 1969
Modern Lens Design (McGraw-Hill Professional Engineering)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 4.00 — 13 ratings — published 1992
Contact Lenses (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 1997
Clinical Optics (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 4.44 — 27 ratings — published 1991
The Principles of Nonlinear Optics (Wiley Classics Library)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 3.83 — 6 ratings — published 1984
Optical System Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 4.18 — 11 ratings — published 2000
Elements of Modern Optical Design (Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 4.75 — 4 ratings — published 1985
An Introduction to Practical Laboratory Optics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 2.00 — 3 ratings — published 2014
Fundamentals of Quantum Optics (Dover Books on Physics)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 2.00 — 1 rating — published 2006
Building Electro-Optical Systems: Making It All Work (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 4.88 — 17 ratings — published 2000
Quantum Optics (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 3.72 — 18 ratings — published 1997
Astronomical Optics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 3.00 — 7 ratings — published 1987
Laser Fundamentals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 4.26 — 23 ratings — published 1996
Laser Spectroscopy: Basic Concepts and Instrumentation (Advanced Texts in Physics)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 4.00 — 6 ratings — published 1988
Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey into Seeing in Three Dimensions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 4.09 — 962 ratings — published 2009
Electromagnetic Theory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 4.54 — 13 ratings — published 1941
Optics: Principles and Applications (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published 2006
Schaum's Outline of Optics (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as optics)
avg rating 4.13 — 38 ratings — published 1974
Polarised Light in Science and Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as optics)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2001
Stargazer: The Life and Times of the Telescope (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as optics)
avg rating 3.72 — 81 ratings — published 2004
How the Laser Happened. Adventures of a Scientist (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as optics)
avg rating 3.81 — 72 ratings — published 1999
The Laser Inventor: Memoirs of Theodore H. Maiman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as optics)
avg rating 4.57 — 7 ratings — published
Fiber-Optic Communication Systems by Govind P. Agrawal (2007-09-21)
by (shelved 1 time as optics)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Quantum Optics by Marlan O. Scully , M. Suhail Zubairy B01_0202 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as optics)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Principles of Plasma Diagnostics (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as optics)
avg rating 4.00 — 7 ratings — published 1987
Physical Properties of Crystals [Hardcover] (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as optics)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
“54. Long before either wave or particle, some (Pythagoras, Euclid, Hipparchus) thought that our eyes emitted some kind of substance that illuminated, or "felt," what we saw. (Aristotle pointed out that this hypothesis runs into trouble at night, as objects become invisible despite the eyes' purported power.) Others, like Epicurus, proposed the inverse--that objects themselves project a kind of ray that reaches out toward the eye, as if they were looking at us (and surely some of them are). Plato split the difference, and postulated that a "visual fire" burns between our eyes and that which they behold. This still seems fair enough.”
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“Snow cleaning of the world's largest telescope mirrors was an impressive sight. The optics technicians would climb into a huge telescopic boom lift and spray immense clouds of cold carbon dioxide snow and gas onto the ten meter diameter mirrors high above the floor indoors. It would cause some of the accumulated dirt to magically fall off, leaving it less dirty.”
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