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Optics

A contemporary approach to optics with practical applications and new focused pedagogy, Hecht Optics balances theory and instrumentation to provide you with the necessary classical background through a lively and clear narrative. Optics fifth edition is distinguished by three core imperatives for the reader: up-to-date content in line with the ever-evolving technological advances in the optics field; a modern approach to discourse including studies on photons, phasors, and theory; and improvements and revisions to the previous edition's pedagogy including over one hundred new worked examples.

Subject
science
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 680 pages

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