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  • * Greivenkamp, John E. Field Guide to Geometrical Optics. SPIE Field ... * Hecht, Eugene. Optics, 4th ed. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 2002 ...
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  • == Optics == Optical isotropy means having the same optical properties in all directions. If one needs to calculate the macroscopic reflectance ...
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  • * Optics * Refraction ==Notes== ==References== * Born, Max, and Emil Wolf. Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic ...
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  • Sphalerite is a mineral that consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form, but it almost always contains variable amounts of iron. Its ...
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  • In optics, a diffraction grating is an optical component with a regular pattern, which splits (diffracts) light into several beams travelling ...
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  • In optics, refraction occurs when light waves travel from a medium ... and is described by the field of crystal optics. ==Nonlinearity== ...
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  • Ultimately, however, his primary passion was still practical optics. for the practical purpose of improving optics, he was aware of some of ...
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  • logic and philosophy, mathematics, and optics, much of it via the Arab ... contains treatments of mathematics and optics, alchemy and the manufacture ...
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  • For example, when looking at geometry and optics, optics is subordinate to ... Gresseteste's work in optics was also relevant and would be continued ...
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  • Most early binoculars used Galilean optics; that is they used a convex ... * Coated optics: One or more surfaces coated. * Fully coated: All air ...
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  • Ernst Mach. Mach is known for his work in optics, mechanics, and wave dynamics, as well as notable advances in the field of supersonic travel ...
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  • Cubic zirconia (or CZ) is the cubic crystalline form of zirconium dioxide (ZrO2). The synthesized material is hard, optically flawless, and usually ...
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  • , is a Japanese company specializing in optics and imaging. Its products ... possibilities within the domain of optics." Nikon.com, [http://www ...
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  • Hyperopia or hypermetropia, commonly known as farsightedness or longsightedness, is an abnormal eye condition whereby there is better visual ...
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  • in many fields, including crystallography, optics, and electromagnetic phenomena ... on many fields, including crystallography, optics and electromagnetic phenomena ...
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  • and additional works on music, optics, and other subjects. ... ==Optics== Ptolemy's Optics is a work in five books that survives ...
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  • early work was focused on the Doppler effect in optics and acoustics. In 1864 he took a job as professor of mathematics in Graz; in 1866 he was also ...
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  • and David G. Stork. "Seeing the Light: Optics in Nature, Photography, Color, Vision, and Holography." Wiley. 1986. ISBN 0471603856 ...
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  • physics and engineering disciplines, such as optics, acoustics, and radio, frequency is usually denoted by a Latin letter f or by a Greek letter ν (nu). ...
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  • light. Such epoxies are commonly used in optics, fiber optics, optoelectronics, and dentistry. === Industrial tooling and composites === ...
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