Optics
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (501 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0201838877 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 694 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Michael M. Danziger said The Worst Book--But the Only Book. I have now used Hecht as the primary text for four classes (physical optics, intro to geometric optics, geometric optics 1 and fourier optics) and have not been very happy with the book. The book lacks structure, especially on the subject of Fourier optics and lacks examples throughout. It is slightly compensated for by a plethora of diagrams, graphs, photos and the likes but--like most texts filled with pictures--they do not generally contribute significantly to the didactic success of the book.The treatment of geometric optics is suitable because the subject is all but obsole. Good for intuition, but uneven mathematically Hecht did a great job of giving you visually appealing (as is only appropriate for an Optics text!) descriptions of optical phenomena. I've been frustrated by other texts which do extensive mathematical derivations without telling you what the math is supposed to describe.On the other hand, Hecht does not give many example problems, and sometimes he entirely breezes over the math behind certain phenomena, and while I appreciate the clarity of his qualitative descriptions, I feel pretty crippled if I cannot mathematically characterize the optical systems I'm studying. On the oth. Dr. Thomas J. Brueckner said We are recommending this book for UVM. I am recommending that the University of Vermont library purchase copies of this text in the We are recommending this book for UVM I am recommending that the University of Vermont library purchase copies of this text in the 3rd edition. I am also recommending that it be used as the optics text for our undergraduate curriculum.In grad school,I used the 2nd edition and found it to be perfect in its mixture of theory, historical background and cool experiments to try -- like the Poisson dot.Although I am in astrophysics research now, I occasionally go back to the section on Fresnel diffraction and the Cornu spiral to dig out insight for use in quantum field theory and path integrals!. rd edition. I am also recommending that it be used as the optics text for our undergraduate curriculum.In grad school,I used the "We are recommending this book for UVM" according to Dr. Thomas J. Brueckner. I am recommending that the University of Vermont library purchase copies of this text in the We are recommending this book for UVM I am recommending that the University of Vermont library purchase copies of this text in the 3rd edition. I am also recommending that it be used as the optics text for our undergraduate curriculum.In grad school,I used the 2nd edition and found it to be perfect in its mixture of theory, historical background and cool experiments to try -- like the Poisson dot.Although I am in astrophysics research now, I occasionally go back to the section on Fresnel diffraction and the Cornu spiral to dig out insight for use in quantum field theory and path integrals!. rd edition. I am also recommending that it be used as the optics text for our undergraduate curriculum.In grad school,I used the 2nd edition and found it to be perfect in its mixture of theory, historical background and cool experiments to try -- like the Poisson dot.Although I am in astrophysics research now, I occasionally go back to the section on Fresnel diffraction and the Cornu spiral to dig out insight for use in quantum field theory and path integrals!. nd edition and found it to be perfect in its mixture of theory, historical background and cool experiments to try -- like the Poisson dot.Although I am in astrophysics research now, I occasionally go back to the section on Fresnel diffraction and the Cornu spiral to dig out insight for use in quantum field theory and path integrals!
Additionally, the third edition addresses all of today's significant technological advances. As always, Hecht provides a good balance of theory and instrumentation, while also providing readers with classical background. The writing style is lively and colorful, with historical anecdotes and citations, and at the request of previous edition users, Hecht has included about 125 new problems, designed primarily to develop students' analytic skills.. Accurate, comprehensive and precise, this revision provides students with the most up-to-date coverage of optics. The third edition continues the gradually modernizing treatment of the previous edition by imparting an appreciation of the central role of atomi