Principles of Optics
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Principles of Optics, colloquially known as Born and Wolf, is an optics textbook written by Max Born and Emil Wolf that was initially published in 1959 by Pergamon Press.[1] After going through six editions with Pergamon Press, the book was transferred to Cambridge University Press who issued an expanded seventh edition in 1999.[2] A 60th anniversary edition was published in 2019 with a foreword by Sir Peter Knight.[3] It is considered a classic science book and one of the most influential optics books of the twentieth century.[4]
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Author | Max Born and Emil Wolf |
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Language | English |
Subject | Optics |
Publisher | Pergamon Press |
Publication date | 1959 (1st ed.) |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Pages | 852 |
ISBN | 978-1-108-47743-7 Hardcover |
OCLC | 1129406200 |
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LC Class | QC351 |
All identifiers refer to the Seventh Anniversary Edition, published in 2019 by the Cambridge University Press with a foreword by Peter Knight |
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