



Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light [Born, Max, Wolf, Emil, Bhatia, A. B., Clemmow, P. C., Gabor, D., Stokes, A. R., Taylor, A. M., Wayman, P. A., Wilcock, W. L.] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light Review: Principles of Optics - This is a great book that I have used often. This is a graduate text. You should have had an undergraduate course in optics first. A typical undergraduate text that I recommend is Optics by Eugene Hecht who also wrote the Schaum's Outline for Optics. This being a graduate text you should have taken math for each of the four years of your undergraduate studies. My graduate work is in Microelectronics & Photonics and I use the book now as reference book. This book covers the theory very well; I have not found any other book that even comes close. Review: Optics by Born and Wolf - This book is the most comprehensive and readable book in all my books collected in optics. I specifically like the chapters devoted to geometrical optics and the rigorous treatment of diffraction. I have do doubt at all in my assignment of five stars to this book. It is no wonder that many of the scientists and engineers in NASA have the book in their possession.
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,355,457 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #225 in Optics for Physics #2,502 in Electrical & Electronics (Books) #9,625 in Science & Mathematics |
| Customer Reviews | 4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars (53) |
| Dimensions | 7.25 x 1.75 x 10.75 inches |
| Edition | 7th |
| ISBN-10 | 0521642221 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0521642224 |
| Item Weight | 3.75 pounds |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 985 pages |
| Publication date | October 13, 1999 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
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Principles of Optics
This is a great book that I have used often. This is a graduate text. You should have had an undergraduate course in optics first. A typical undergraduate text that I recommend is Optics by Eugene Hecht who also wrote the Schaum's Outline for Optics. This being a graduate text you should have taken math for each of the four years of your undergraduate studies. My graduate work is in Microelectronics & Photonics and I use the book now as reference book. This book covers the theory very well; I have not found any other book that even comes close.
W**M
Optics by Born and Wolf
This book is the most comprehensive and readable book in all my books collected in optics. I specifically like the chapters devoted to geometrical optics and the rigorous treatment of diffraction. I have do doubt at all in my assignment of five stars to this book. It is no wonder that many of the scientists and engineers in NASA have the book in their possession.
A**E
Excellent first principles of optics book
My husband bought this book. This is a landmark work of fundamental scientific optic principles that is the foundation of most optics fields today. This book is recommended as a great reference for your personal scientific library.
M**E
Nice book
I've been reading this book and it's obvious it's an essential for optics students but I'm not sure everyone would like it's style of teaching or explaining. In the beginning, it illustrates how several optics principles originate from Maxwell's equations but I'm not sure it does a good job of explaining everything. It just states several things and assumes the reader knows.
M**R
A masterpiece refurbished
This classical reference in optics has been fittingly updated and enriched. A new edition of this must that should, however, be kept along the classic one. Apart from its historical connotation, the latter will be in fact highly appreciated for its clearer typography.
T**D
Five Stars
One of the best book in the field of optics,
T**O
Keeping to promise
Timeliness
A**X
classic book
all world is using it for years. all you need in optics. i love it. engineers around me love it
R**A
This is perhaps the must read book for a physicist.........
D**.
Max Born, einer der Mitbegründer der Quantentheorie, verfasste 1933 mit „Optik“ ein Werk, das das gesamte Wissen seiner Zeit zu optischen Phänomene zusammenfassten sollte. Nach dem Krieg ergab sich die Gelegenheit dieses Werk in Englischer Sprache herauszugeben; für diese Unterfangen fand er Unterstützung in Emil Wolf; um aber dem Anspruch, eine umfassende ausgeglichene Sicht auf den aktuellen Wissenstand zu bieten, weiterhin gerecht zu werden, genügte eine einfache Übersetzung nicht, vielmehr musste der Inhalt neu konzipiert werden; der Umfange sollte aber den eines Bandes nicht sprengen, so wurde der Themenkies auf optische Phänomene beschränkt, die sich mit der Maxwellschen Theorie beschreiben lassen – somit blieben u.a. Quantenphänomene explizit ausgespart. Nach diversen Problemen mit dem Verlag, erschienen die „Principles of Optics“ in erster Auflage 1959. Nach einigen einführenden Betrachtungen zu elektromagnetischen Feldern und Polarisation, werden die Grundlagen der geometrischen Optik gelegt, und die Phänomene von Aberration, Interferenz und Diffraktion gehandelt. Ferner wird eine strengte Theorie der Diffraktion entwickelt und Elemente der Optik von Metallen und Kristallen besprochen. Der Anhang enthält eine unveröffentlichte Vorlesung David Hilberts zur Variationstheorie – von diesem Geist der berühmten Göttinger Schule der mathematischen Physik ist auch die gesamte Darstellung durchzogen, die ein Muster an Präzision und mathematischer Strenge und Folgerichtigkeit ist.
L**E
This is not a simple introductory text but instead has detailed principles of advanced and up to date topics. This is very much a reference book. “Optics” by Hecht, on the other hand, is a start from the beginning and work through proposition. I have both and they are complementary rather than one replacing or being “better” than the other. The physical quality of this book is excellent. Excellent fonts and paper, with tough sewn-in pages. This book will last for years.
鈴**輔
光学の教科書として私のような分野外のものが見てもとりつきやすい教科書です。
S**A
El libro ya lo conocía, es un clásico de la Optica, y por eso lo compré. El envio de Amazon, perfecto, sin problemas
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