| Introduction to Light Expanded and Re Edition Contributor(s): Waldman, Gary (Author), Physics (Author) |
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ISBN: 048642118X ISBN-13: 9780486421186 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2002 Annotation: Designed for a nonmathematical undergraduate optics course addressed to art majors, this four-part treatment discusses the nature and manipulation of light, vision, and color. Questions at the end of each chapter help test comprehension of material, which is almost completely presented in a nonmathematical manner. 170 black-and-white illustrations. 1983 edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Optics & Light - Science | Physics - General |
| Dewey: 535 |
| LCCN: 2002019669 |
| Series: Dover Books on Physics |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.58" W x 9.26" (0.74 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Designed as a text for a one-semester, nonmathematical optics course at the undergraduate level, this well-illustrated text is addressed to art majors but is also suitable for students of fashion, theater, photography, and the liberal arts. Four parts constitute this introductory volume: Part I discusses the nature of light, including early ideas of light (a newly revised chapter for this edition), and classical and modern theories. Part II concerns the manipulation of light, including such topics as geometrical optics, polarization, lasers, and holography; Part III explores vision, including the eye and seeing; and Part IV examines color, in terms of light and color in nature and color science. Three appendices deal with lens and mirror equations, Snell's law, and scientific notation. |