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Loading... Seeing the Light: Optics in Nature, Photography, Color, Vision, and Holographyby David R. Falk
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Both broad in the range of related subjects and detailed in its coverage, this well illustrated text was the most complete and useful in its time. Every photographer who wants to understand how his camera works comparatively with his own visual system needs the the knowledge in this book. no reviews | add a review
The most complete and lucid nonmathematical study of light available. Chapters are self-contained, making the book flexible and easy to read. Coverage includes such non-traditional topics as processes of vision and the eye, atmospherical optical phenomena, color perception and illusions, color in nature and in art, Kirilian photography, and holography. Includes experiments that can be carried out with simple equipment. Chapters contain optional advanced sections, and appendixes review the mathematics for quantitative aspects. Illustrated, including a four-color insert. No library descriptions found. |
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