(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)Catalog Search Results
Author
Description
Although optics is a specialized branch of pysics, the field has worked its way into popular culture and imagination in a variety of circumstances. From the ancient solar weapon of Archimedes to the ray guns found in comic books and movies, the study of light has made appearances in many surprising ways throughout history. Physicist and science writer Stephen R. Wilk collects his previously published essays on optics to survey the past and present...
Author
Description
This book is a long-term history of optics, from early Greek theories of vision to the nineteenth-century victory of the wave theory of light. It shows how light gradually became the central entity of a domain of physics that no longer referred to the functioning of the eye; it retraces the subsequent competition between medium-based and corpuscular concepts of light; and it details the nineteenth-century flourishing of mechanical ether theories....
Author
Description
"Light is all around us - even when we do not see it. Our eyes do not detect the higher energy and shorter-than-visible-wavelength ultraviolet radiation, yet we know it is there from the sunburn we receive in Arizona. We know that window glass can block ultraviolet rays so we do not get a burn while driving with the windows rolled up. Our eyes do not detect the low-energy, long-wavelength infrared (IR) radiation but we know it exists from discussions...
Author
Description
"People are fascinated by optical illusions. There is something intrinsically satisfying about static pictures that appear to move, change color, or fool us into seeing things that "aren't really there." This comprehensive survey of optical illusions includes an astonishing range of images from ancient times to the present. Covering illusions of depth, inversions, vibration effects, ambiguous figures, camouflage, anamorphic art, tessellations, and...
Author
Description
Each of these optical illusions is a masterpiece of colorful design, with visual tricks to confound the mind and please the eye. Just don't trust anything you see at first glance, because it's impossible to judge spatial relations, or even the subject of a picture, accurately. In some cases, the colors themselves deceive the eye, making objects seem larger, smaller, faster, or even better looking than they really are. Hold onto your hat--two fancy...
12) Optical fibre
Author
Description
Aimed at both students and those in professional research, this volume contains an examination of optical fibres. Topics include the role of fibre waveguides, waveguide types, fabrication techniques, optical waveguide design considerations and evaluation techniques.
Author
Description
A primer on the types and uses of photographic lenses. Explains focal length and the difference between prime and zoom lenses. Demonstrates focussing technique, how camera to subject distance affects perspective, and how camera movement "looks different" from zooms or pans. Defines depth of field, and shows how focal length, lens aperature, and camera to subject distance can creatively control it.
Author
Description
This guide explains the principles and applications of optics and optoelectronic technology in a clear and easy-to-understand way. It eases you into learning complex topics, covering microscope construction, photometry, diffraction, lasers, fiber optics, holography, optical communication, and much more.
In ILL
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by San Antonio College Library can be requested from other ILL libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request