Product Description
Designed as a text for a one-semester, nonmathematical optics course at the undergraduate level, this profusely illustrated text was written with art majors in mind, but is also suitable for students of fashion, theater, photography, and the liberal arts. The book is divided into four parts: 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 manipula… More >>
Introduction to Light: The Physics of Light, Vision, and Color
Tags: art majors, fashion theater, liberal arts, nature of light, optics, physics, theater photography, undergraduate level
#1 by Leila on June 28, 2010 - 8:46 am
I teach physics to high school and middle school teachers, and came across this book while looking for good discussions and illustrations of the formation of rainbows. The author has taught optics to art majors for many years and the style of the text, rich with clear verbal descriptions, simple diagrams, and occasional asides relating to art, reflects his experience communicating with non-science majors. I recommend the book to any student of physics or optics who wants to gain a more intuitive understanding of basic concepts.
Since the publisher has not enabled the search function, I will list the table of contents:
1. Early ideas of light; 2. The classical theories; 3. Modern theories; 4. Geometrical optics; 5. Polarization; 6. Lasers; 7. Holography; 8. The eye; 9. Seeing; 10. Light and color in nature; 11. Color science; Appendix A: Lens and Mirror equations; Appendix B: Snell’s Law; Appendix C: Scientific notation. Index.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by J. David Blaine on June 28, 2010 - 11:43 am
I did not buy this book, I leafed through it at the bookstore. It is in all black and white; no color! A book whose topic is the physics of light and color should contain color illustrations.
Rating: 1 / 5