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  • Collins Complete Photography Course

    A practical, affordable and accessible home photography tutor. This inspiring project-based course book covers everything from basic composition to the latest digital darkroom techniques.Learn at your own pace as this practical, comprehensive course helps you develop your key photographic techniques. Contents include: step-by-step projects on exposure, aperture, lenses, light, filters, colour, ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Eye Benders, Aliens and Mandalas

    Eye Benders, Aliens, Ufos, Mandalas, Pyramids, and Optical Illusions by Eric Z, #1

    by Eric Z ...
    Series Book 1 - Eye Benders, Aliens, Ufos, Mandalas, Pyramids, and Optical Illusions by Eric Z
    Eye Benders...and...--Aliens,--Pyramids,--Impossible Objects,--Mandalas,--and Optical Illusions:This book has them all in RaZor Sharp pictures!Scroll up and GRAB a copy today! ... Read more

    Free

  • I Can See Planets and Stars from My Room! How The Telescope Works - Physics Book 4th Grade | Children's Physics Books

    How does the telescope allow you to see what outer space looks like? Give your child the tool to know the answer to this question. Give him/her a copy of this physics book for fourth graders. Making physics fun and easy to read could be the secret to encouraging a child to gain more knowledge on the subject. Make this book your child’s first step to further learning. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Bridge of Light in Quantum Physics

    by Wim Vegt ...
    The presented theory in this book has been grounded on a fundamental mathematical mistake in Classical Electromagnetic Field Theory with Impact on General Relativity, Quantum Physics and the boundaries of our Universe.The famous 1927 Solvay Conference was considered a turning point in the world of Physics. The scientific realists like Albert Einstein had lost and the instrumentalists like Niels ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Invisibility

    The History and Science of How Not to Be Seen

    A lively exploration of how invisibility has gone from science fiction to factIs it possible for something or someone to be made invisible? This question, which has intrigued authors of science fiction for over a century, has become a headline-grabbing topic of scientific research.In this book, science writer and optical physicist Gregory J. Gbur traces the science of invisibility from its sci-fi ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Engineering Optics With Matlab® (Second Edition)

    This invaluable second edition provides more in-depth discussions and examples in various chapters. Based largely on the authors' own in-class lectures as well as research in the area, the comprehensive textbook serves two purposes. The first introduces some traditional topics such as matrix formalism of geometrical optics, wave propagation and diffraction, and some fundamental background on ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Optical Antennas

    Edited by Mario Agio, Andrea Alù ...
    This consistent and systematic review of recent advances in optical antenna theory and practice brings together leading experts in the fields of electrical engineering, nano-optics and nano-photonics, physical chemistry and nanofabrication. Fundamental concepts and functionalities relevant to optical antennas are explained, together with key principles for optical antenna modelling, design and ... Read more

    $138.99 USD

  • SuperSight

    What Augmented Reality Means for Our Lives, Our Work, and the Way We Imagine the Future

    by David Rose ...
    **NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS WINNER — NONFICTION • 2022 IPPY AWARDS BRONZE MEDALIST — SCIENCEFor thousands of years, human vision has been largely unchanged by evolution.We’re about to get a software update.**Today, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Snap, Samsung, and a host of startups are racing to radically change the way we see. The building blocks are already falling into place: cloud ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Development and Characterization of a Dispersion-Encoded Method for Low-Coherence Interferometry

    This Open Access book discusses an extension to low-coherence interferometry by dispersion-encoding. The approach is theoretically designed and implemented for applications such as surface profilometry, polymeric cross-linking estimation and the determination of thin-film layer thicknesses. During a characterization, it was shown that an axial measurement range of 79.91 µm with an axial resolution ... Read more

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  • Introduction to Lens Design

    by José Sasián ...
    Optical lenses have many important applications, from telescopes and spectacles, to microscopes and lasers. This concise, introductory book provides an overview of the subtle art of lens design. It covers the fundamental, optical theory, and the practical methods and tools employed in lens design, in a succinct and accessible manner. Topics covered include first-order optics, optical aberrations, ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Holograms

    A Cultural History

    Holograms have been in the public eye for over a half-century, but their influences have deeper cultural roots. No other visual experience is quite like interacting with holograms; no other cultural product melds the technological sublime with magic and optimism in quite the same way. As holograms have evolved, they have left their audiences alternately fascinated, bemused, inspired or indifferent ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Fundamentals of Electro-Optic Systems Design

    Communications, Lidar, and Imaging

    Using fundamentals of communication theory, thermodynamics, information theory and propagation theory, this book explains the universal principles underlying a diverse range of electro-optical systems. From fiber optics and infra-red imaging to free space communications and laser remote sensing, the authors relate key concepts in science and device engineering to practical systems issues. A broad ... Read more

    $109.99 USD

  • Optical Networks

    A Practical Perspective

    Optical Networks, Third Edition continues to be the authoritative source for information on optical networking technologies and techniques. Componentry and transmission are discussed in detail with emphasis on practical networking issues that affect organizations as they evaluate, deploy, or develop optical networks. New updates in this rapidly changing technology are introduced. These updates ... Read more

    $83.99 USD

  • Optical Switches

    Materials and Design

    Edited by S J Chua, B Li ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials
    Optical communication using optical fibres as the transmission medium is essential to handling the massive growth of both telecom and datacom traffic. To fully realize the potential bandwidth available on these optical fibres, other components of the optical network system have to be developed, ranging from detectors and multiplexers to buffers and switches. This book addresses the different ... Read more

    $229.99 USD

  • Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics

    The subjects reviewed in the 'Advances' series cover a broad range of themes including microscopy, electromagnetic fields and image coding. Volume 128 concentrates on regularization, a vital aspect of restoration on low voltage scanning electron microscopy.This Book looks at theory and it's application in a practical sense, with a full account of the methods used and realistic detailed application ... Read more

    $233.99 USD

  • Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene for Photonic Applications

    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials
    The optical properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene make them potentially suitable for a variety of photonic applications. Carbon nanotubes and graphene for photonic applications explores the properties of these exciting materials and their use across a variety of applications.Part one introduces the fundamental optical properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene before exploring how carbon ... Read more

    $238.99 USD

  • OFDM for Optical Communications

    The first book on optical OFDM by the leading pioneers in the fieldThe only book to cover error correction codes for optical OFDMGives applications of OFDM to free-space communications, optical access networks, and metro and log haul transports show optical OFDM can be implementedContains introductions to signal processing for optical engineers and optical communication fundamentals for wireless ... Read more

    $115.99 USD

  • How to Measure Light | Light as Energy | Encyclopedia Kids Books | Science Grade 5 | Children's Physics Books

    This time, let’s learn to measure light. This science book will teach your fifth grader that light is an energy form that can be measured using wavelengths, cycle and frequency. Also included in the discussion are the characteristics of white light such as transparency, translucency and opacity. This is a wonderful read that is inline with standard school curriculum. Get a copy today. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Industrial Tomography

    Systems and Applications

    Edited by Mi Wang ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials
    Industrial Tomography: Systems and Applications, Second Edition thoroughly explores the important techniques of industrial tomography, also discusses image reconstruction, systems, and applications.This book presents complex processes, including the way three-dimensional imaging is used to create multiple cross-sections, and how computer software helps monitor flows, filtering, mixing, drying ... Read more

    $328.99 USD

  • Computer Design of Diffractive Optics

    by V A Soifer ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials
    Diffractive optics involves the manipulation of light using diffractive optical elements (DOEs). DOEs are being widely applied in such areas as telecommunications, electronics, laser technologies and biomedical engineering. Computer design of diffractive optics provides an authoritative guide to the principles and applications of computer-designed diffractive optics.The theoretical aspects ... Read more

    $337.99 USD

  • Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics

    Dogma of the Continuum and the Calculus of Finite Differences in Quantum Physics

    Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics merges two long-running serials-Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics and Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy. This series features extended articles on the physics of electron devices (especially semiconductor devices), particle optics at high and low energies, microlithography, image science and digital image processing, electromagnetic ... Read more

    $233.99 USD

  • Flux Bounded Tungsten Inert Gas Welding Process

    An Introduction

    This focus book is intended to introduce the Flux Bounded Tungsten Inert Gas Welding (FBTIG) process, which is a variant of Activated Tungsten inert gas welding process. The benefits of activating flux in the weld pool in enhancing the depth of penetration and underlying mechanisms for the same is explained in detail. The benefits of FBTIG process over other fusion welding process are highlighted. ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Persistent Phosphors

    From Fundamentals to Applications

    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials
    Persistent Phosphors: From Fundamentals to Applications provides an introduction to the key synthesis methods, characterization methods, physical mechanisms, and applications of this important luminescent materials system. The book covers basic persistent phosphorescence, introducing concepts such as emission, luminescence, phosphorescence, persistent phosphorescence and the development of ... Read more

    $161.99 USD

  • Principles of Electron Optics, Volume 3

    Fundamental Wave Optics

    Principles of Electron Optic: Volume Three: Wave Optics, discusses this essential topic in microscopy to help readers understand the propagation of electrons from the source to the specimen, and through the latter (and from it) to the image plane of the instrument. In addition, it also explains interference phenomena, notably holography, and informal coherence theory. This third volume accompanies ... Read more

    $224.99 USD