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Accurate, authoritative and comprehensive, Optics, Fourth Edition has been revised to provide readers with the most up-to-date coverage of optics. The market leader for over a decade, this book provides a balance of theory and instrumentation, while also including the necessary classical background. The writing style is lively and accessible.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
This is by far the definitive text on optics. As far as I'm aware, every university recommends it, everyone studying physics has heard of it.
First I'll get the negative point out of the way. This book is very poorly written. The concepts aren't very well explained and occasionally you have to wonder about some of the choice of material included.
The point where this book scores the remaining four stars is in it's diagrams. I have never come across such detailed and well represented diagrams. Each diagram is meticulously presented, most commonly in isometric projection. It was a real artist who put these together, and on their own, provide enough information to make up for the text.
The final point I must make is this: The reason it is everyone's recommended text is because really, you have no choice. There is no half decent alternative (as far as I'm aware). So if you're a physics undergraduate, you have to buy it (or borrow it) because there really, really is nothing else.
But don't get me wrong - 4* is on merit. Just the quality of writing lets it down.
First I'll get the negative point out of the way. This book is very poorly written. The concepts aren't very well explained and occasionally you have to wonder about some of the choice of material included.
The point where this book scores the remaining four stars is in it's diagrams. I have never come across such detailed and well represented diagrams. Each diagram is meticulously presented, most commonly in isometric projection. It was a real artist who put these together, and on their own, provide enough information to make up for the text.
The final point I must make is this: The reason it is everyone's recommended text is because really, you have no choice. There is no half decent alternative (as far as I'm aware). So if you're a physics undergraduate, you have to buy it (or borrow it) because there really, really is nothing else.
But don't get me wrong - 4* is on merit. Just the quality of writing lets it down.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A book every student seems to have relating to optics, and it seems to stay on the shelf even into higher education. Whilst it contains a great deal of information on the various topics in optics it only touches the surface and leaves the reader desperately searching else where for more in depth coverage and understanding.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Hecht's optics is a classic optics book that is used as a textbook for many optics courses around the world. It covers a vast amount of material, however, I believe that it doesn't go into many details, but stays on rather "simple" scenarios.
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