Geometrical optics is no longer fashionable. Research workers do
not expect significant new discoveries to be made in this field of
classical physics. Teachers avoid the subject because its use for
many generations in arid mathematical exercises has robbed it of
all freshness and stimulus, with the result that it no longer seems
relevant to a modern physics course. There remains - and perhaps
this has grown in recent year- the technical significance of
geometrical optics. It provides the basis for the design of optical
instruments for use in everyday life as well as for scientific and
industrial purposes. This small book is intended to treat two
aspects of the subject: the laws of geometrical optics and their
application to the design of optical instruments. The theory is not
based on Snell's law of refraction but on a conservation law for
the radiated energy. The subject can then be treated in a manner
appropriate to contemporary physics: auxiliary geometrical
parameters become unnecessary and the singularities resulting from
their use vanish. The laws of geometrical optics can be formulated
much more simply and their physical significance is revealed more
clearly. I have tried to present the material in a form
satisfactory both to teachers and to workers in the technical
applications of optics. The content has thus been deliberately kept
within the limits of a pocket book.
General
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag
|
| Country of origin: |
Germany |
| Series: |
Applied Physics and Engineering, 9 |
| Release date: |
June 2012 |
| First published: |
1970 |
| Translators: |
R.N. Wilson
|
| Authors: |
H. G. Zimmer
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 9mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
172 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1970 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-642-86833-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Physics >
Optics (light)
|
| LSN: |
3-642-86833-9 |
| Barcode: |
9783642868337 |
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