Designed for a nonmathematical undergraduate optics course addressed to art majors, this four-part treatment discusses the nature and manipulation of light, vision, and color. Questions at the end of each chapter help test comprehension of material, which is almost completely presented in a nonmathematical manner. 170 black-and-white illustrations. 1983 edition.
Revised republication of the work published by Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1983.

Table of Contents for Introduction to Light: The Physics of Light, Vision, and Color

Preface
Part I. What Is Light?
Chapter 1. Early Ideas of Light
1.1 Greek Optics
1.2 Optics in the Middle Ages
1.3 A New Beginning
Chapter 2. The Classical Theories
2.1 The Corpuscular Theory
2.2 The Wave Theory
2.3 Electromagnetic Waves
Chapter 3. Modern Theories
3.1 Blackbody Radiation
3.2 Photoelectric Effect
3.3 The Nuclear Atom
3.4 Matter Waves
Part II. Manipulation of Light
Chapter 4. Geometrical Optics
4.1 Light Rays
4.2 Reflection and Refraction
4.3 Spherical Lenses and Mirrors
4.4 Conic Section Mirrors
Chapter 5. Polarization
5.1 Transverse Waves and Polarization
5.2 Polarization by Reflection
5.3 Polarization by Scattering
5.4 Double Refraction
5.5 Circular Polarization
Chapter 6. Lasers
6.1 Absorption and Emission
6.2 Population Inversion
6.3 Ruby Laser
6.4 Helium-Neon Laser
6.5 Other Laser Types
6.6 Effects of the Optical Cavity
6.7 Coherence
6.8 Applications
Chapter 7. Holography
7.1 Zone Plates
7.2 Hologram as a Set of Zone Plates
7.3 Improved Holograms
7.4 Holography and Photography
7.5 Holograms as Sets of Hyperbolic Mirrors
7.6 New Types of Holograms
7.7 Applications
Part III. Vision
Chapter 8. The Eye
8.1 Outer Shell
8.2 Pupil
8.3 Lens
8.4 Retina
8.5 Pathways to the Brain
Chapter 9. Seeing
9.1 Eye Movements
9.2 Optical Illusions
9.3 Seeing in Three Dimensions
9.4 Color Vision
Part IV. Color
Chapter 10. Light and Color in Nature
10.1 Natural Light
10.2 Forced Oscillators
10.3 Rayleigh Scattering
10.4 White Light Scattering
10.5 Dispersion
10.6 Coronas and the Glory
10.7 Thin Film Colors
10.8 Pigments in Nature
10.9 Other Natural Lighting Effects
Chapter 11. Color Science
11.1 Newton's Work
11.2 Primary Colors
11.3 Attributes of Color
11.4 Color Solid and Color Atlases
11.5 Colorimetry
Appendix A. Lens and Mirror Equa
Appendix B. Snell's Law
Appendix C. Scientific Notation
Index

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