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Lasers, Ray Guns and Light Cannons!: Projects from the Wizard's Workbench [Paperback]

Gordon McComb (Author)

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Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: TAB Books Inc; 2nd Revised edition edition (1 April 1997)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0070450358
ISBN-13: 978-0070450356
Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 18.7 x 3 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,301,227 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This book features 100+ hands-on laser projects. If you're fascinated by the boundless potential of laser beams, grab a copy of Gordon McComb's "Lasers, Ray Guns, and Light Cannons". He takes you step-by-step through 100 build-your-own laser projects - from ray guns and laser light shows to night scopes and laser pointers. You get hands-on help with projects for laser communications; computer-controlled lasers; laser power supplies; fiberoptics; and more. Armed with plain-language instructions and a complete, up-to-date list of discount laser-parts suppliers, you'll find it easier than you ever imagined to build your own: laser pistols; laser cannon and gatling gun; ultra-private communicator; laser-based eavesdropping device; laser tachometer; perimeter burglar alarm; hologram generator; low-noise amplifier; laser-illuminated night scope; and much, much more.

About the Author

Gordon McComb (Oceanside, CA) is a freelance writer and author of Troubleshooting and Repairing VCRs, 3/e and Lasers, Ray Guns, and Light Cannons.

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Think how boring science fiction movies would be if lasers did not exist. Read the first page

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

much better than the title or cover 25 Oct 2002

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Format:Paperback

I've worked in optics and interferometry and was absolutely delighted with this book.
Lots of tricks for hardware-store improvisation!

If you're not a tinkerer, this is not the book for you. There's little technical depth and no really good experiments or instrument design in it. (good experiments for this kind of book have either enormous educational value or reproduce poorly-understood phenomena).

If you know what you're doing though, this is where to look for tips on building your own optical bench, etc. All the student tricks I'd picked up along the way and then some. I've recommended it to a couple of past colleagues, too.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful

An update of a classic 20 Feb 2002

By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Paperback

This book is actually an update to The Laser Cookbook, also written by G. McComb, and which is apparently still in print. That book has gotten very high marks here on Amazon; Lasers, Ray Guns, and Light Cannons contains everything in Laser Cookbook, plus new information on laser diodes, and several additional projects.

Apparently, some folks get upset when a book, like this one, tries to be camp with a playful title and comic-book art. It's what's inside that matters, and there is lots of good information here, from a writer who clearly knows how to explain technical details. For my money, this book is a terrific introduction to the world of hobby lasers.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Not for Dr Evil 14 July 2008

By C. Stalmer - Published on Amazon.com

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I purchased this book thinking that I would be able to create something spectacular. I was sadly mistaken and it was not what I had hoped it to be. This book will not tell you how to build that giant laser of death that you have always wanted for your backyard. That being said the book was still useful in that I learned about other projects that I did not think of on my own. If you have knowledge of electronics and computers and would like to show demonstration of the varied things Lasers can be used for then this book could be for you

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