Seeing the Light Optics Without Equations

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FM_online.pdf Dedication Contents The Author Thanksgiving Preface Introduction Glossary Ch01_online.pdf Chapter 1 Optical Phenomena 1.1 Light Light as Corpuscles3 Light as a Wave Light as Photons Light as an Electromagnetic Wave Light as a Duality 1.2 Polarization 1.3 Refraction 1.4 Reflection 1.5 Interference 1.6 Diffraction 1.7 Scattering 1.8 Absorption and Emission 1.9 Propagation 1.10 The Red Shift 1.11 Fermat's Principle 1.12 Reciprocity 1.13 Resolution Telescopes Microscopes Imaging Devices Spectrometers Interferometers 1.14 Aberrations 1.15 Ray Tracing 1.16 Radiometry and Photometry Ch02_online.pdf Chapter 2 Optics in Nature 2.1 Blue Skies 2.2 Blue Water and Blue Ice 2.3 The Green Flash 2.4 Hummingbirds 2.5 Lightning 2.6 Mirages 2.7 Mosquitoes 2.8 Pit Vipers 2.9 Rainbows 2.10 Sundogs and Halos 2.11 Sunsets CH03_online.pdf Chapter 3 Optical Components 3.1 Baffles 3.2 Beam Splitters 3.3 Blackbodies 3.4 Cone Channel Condensers 3.5 Detectors 3.6 Diffractions Gratings 3.7 Fibers 3.8 Filters 3.9 Lasers 3.10 Lenses 3.11 Mirrors 3.12 Polarizers 3.13 Prisms 3.14 Retroreflectors 3.15 Sources ch04_online.pdf Chapter 4 Optical Instruments 4.1 Aeronautical Optics 4.2 Aerospace Navigation 4.3 Automotive Optics 4.4 Autonomous Vehicles 4.5 Ballistic Missile Detection and Interception 4.6 Binoculars 4.7 Borescopes 4.8 Cameras 4.9 Camping Optics 4.10 Colorimeters 4.11 Colposcopes 4.12 Communications 4.13 Computer Optics 4.14 Emissometers 4.15 Endoscopes 4.16 Gyroscopes 4.17 Flyfishing Optics 4.18 Holography 4.19 The Human Eye 4.20 Infrared Cameras 4.21 Interferometers 4.22 Laser Damage 4.23 LASIK 4.24 LIDAR 4.25 Loupes 4.26 Medical Thermographs 4.27 Microscopes and Magnifiers 4.28 Missile Guidance 4.29 Multispectral Imagers 4.30 Ophthalmoscopes 4.31 Otoscopes 4.32 Periscopes 4.33 Photolithography 4.34 Photonic Greenhouses 4.35 Plumbing Snakes 4.36 Polarimeters 4.37 Printers and Scanners 4.38 Projectors 4.39 Radiative Coolers 4.40 Radiometers 4.41 Rangefinders 4.42 Reflectometers 4.43 Remote Sensors 4.44 Remote Thermometers 4.45 Solar Panels 4.46 Spectacles 4.47 Spectrometers 4.48 Spy Satellites 4.49 Stealth Optics 4.50 Stereoscopes 4.51 Stroboscopes 4.52 Submarine Communication 4.53 Teleprompters 4.54 Telescopes 4.55 Television Sets 4.56 Theodolites, Transits, Sextants, and Octants 4.57 Underground Object Detection 4.58 Submarine Wake Detection 4.59 Warehouse Optics 4.60 Weather Satellites 4.61 Windows CH05_online.pdf Chapter 5 Optical Experiments 5.1 Galileo's Heliocentricity 5.2 Newton's Colors 5.3 Herschel's Infrared Discovery 5.4 Young's Double-Slit Experiment 5.5 Poisson/Arago Diffraction Spot 5.6 Fizeau's Speed of Light in Materials 5.7 Michelson Morley Experiment 5.8 The Photoelectric Effect 5.9 Blackbody Spectra 5.10 Relativity Tests 5.11 The COBE-DIRBE Experiment A0.0 Appendices_online.pdf A1_online.pdf Outline placeholder A.1.1 Light A.1.2 Polarization5 A.1.3 Refraction A.1.4 Reflection A.1.5 Interference A1.6 Diffraction A.1.7 Scattering A.1.8 Absorption and Emission A.1.9 Propagation A.1.11 Fermat's Principle A.1.16 Radiometry A2_online.pdf A3_online.pdf Outline placeholder A.3.3 Blackbodies A.3.5 Detectors A.3.6 Diffraction Gratings A.3.7 Fibers A.3.13 Prisms A.3.14 Retroreflectors A4_online.pdf Outline placeholder A.4.3 Automotive Optics A.4.5 Ballistic Missile Interception A.4.14 Emissometers A.4.19 Human Eye A.4.21 Interferometers A.4.22 Laser Damage A.4.26 Medical Thermographs A.4.29 Multispectral Imagers A.4.39 Radiative Coolers A.4.40 Radiometers A.4.47 Spectrometers A.4.55 Television Sets A.4.57 Underground Object Detection A6_online.pdf Outline placeholder A.6.1 Numbers and Dimensions A.6.2 Temperatures A.6.3 Conic Sections A.6.4 Spectra and Fourier Transforms A.6.5 Mathematical Operations A.6.6 Fields, Functions, and Variables