Light Science: Physics and the Visual Arts (Undergraduate Texts in Contemporary Physics)

This book came on time and safely packaged, came as described; acceptable. Didn't expect anything more out of it.

For what it's worth, the book does a good job of going over the basic theories of how light works. It sometimes gets a little bit too technical, but otherwise it is an interesting read.

good

An excellent teaching aid, and refresher. A great book to get someone interested in the field of Physics.

Great price, exactly what was needed for class and it shipped to me quickly so that I had it in time to start the class.

Exactly the kind of information I was looking for. Easily understandable as well as en"light"ening.

I just hate Physics.

The book by T. Rossing and C. Chiaverina is written in a profoundly elegant manner. The authors introduce the phenomena of light and colors, reflection and refraction, interference and diffraction, polarization, light sources and spectra, holography and photography, computer images and optical storages, as well as symmetry in art and nature. It is not only a textbook of contemporary optics for a one-semester undergraduate course, but it is also helpful for industry engineers working in the optical area, college professors, and physicists. Compared to most textbooks, this book has four distinct characteristics. (1) The book emphasizes the phenomena and experiments of light rather than the mathematical theories of light. (2) It includes wide fields, from geometric optics (mirror, lens) to physical optics (slit, grating) and from quantum optics (laser, spectrum) to the symmetry, and connects them. (3) It discusses the intrinsic properties of optics and the combination of art and nature. Young students can obtain the fundamental optical concept as well as the sophisticated philosophic idea. (4) Most importantly, it stimulates the interest of the readers to explore more contents of optical phenomena and theories. My daughter, a college student, said, ¡°I learned many things, having fun at the same time¡±.It was my pleasure to read the book and I recommend it highly.