- Hardcover: 644 pages
- Publisher: Addison Wesley; 3 edition (28 July 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0201838877
- ISBN-13: 978-0201838879
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 20.6 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,331,594 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Accurate, comprehensive and precise, this revision provides students with the most up-to-date coverage of optics. Responsive to students' needs, the focus of the revision was to fine tune the pedagogy, modernize the discourse, and update the content. The third edition continues the gradually modernizing treatment of the previous edition by imparting an appreciation of the central role of atomic scattering, providing an understanding of the insightful perspective offered by the Fourier Theory, and by, from the outset, explicating the underlying quantum mechanical nature of light. Additionally, the third edition addresses all of today's significant technological advances. As always, Hecht provides a good balance of theory and instrumentation, while also providing readers with classical background. The writing style is lively and colorful, with historical anecdotes and citations, and at the request of previous edition users, Hecht has included about 125 new problems, designed primarily to develop students' analytic skills.
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is constantly referred to by those who have been practicing in the field of optics for years and years, but also serves as an excellent introduction to optics. The explanations are simple, clear and direct. The explanations in Hecht often settle complicated arguments on esoteric regions of optics, by reducing the argument to first principles and clear, concise descriptions.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Covers all the basics very well. A bit weak on some of the most recent developments (non-linear optics and laser optics for instance).
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is an absolute must for all students studying Optics at University level. It is certainly a necessity for those studying Physics at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.
The basics are covered simply, but completely, and more advanced topics are covered more qualitatively than quantitatively
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