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Covers foundational visual optics knowledge, from refraction to reflection, vergence, and more in a fun, easy-to-read format.���
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Features a highly visual format, with full-colour illustrations, tables, and boxes throughout to aid in understanding and memory recall.��
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Discusses underlying principles of several key ophthalmic imaging techniques.�
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Includes experiments you can try at home (create your own cornea, build a camera obscura, create a blue sky in your kitchen, create an interference film, create a prism) with companion demonstration videos to facilitate and apply key learning objectives.��
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Contains approximately 200 practice questions and equations throughout that test your knowledge of core concepts.������
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An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.�
Table of Contents
Section 1: Geometric and Basic OpticsChapter 1: Basics of Light and Colour
Chapter 2: Vergence and Refraction
Chapter 3: Thin Lenses
Chapter 4: Ray Tracing
Chapter 5: Equivalent Lenses
Chapter 6: Thick Lenses
Chapter 7: Dispersion and Chromatic Aberration
Chapter 8: Prisms
Chapter 9: Reflection
Chapter 10: Optical Instruments
Section 2: Physical Optics
Chapter 11: Superposition, Diffraction and Interference
Section 3: Clinical Applications
Chapter 12: Finding the Focus in Real Experiments
Chapter 13: Photometry
Chapter 14: Low Vision Aids
Chapter 15: Polarisation
Chapter 16: Lenses for Imaging the Eye
Chapter 17: Wavefront Aberrations and Adaptive Optics
Chapter 18: Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
Section 4: Experiments to Do at Home
Chapter 19: Create Your Own Camera Obscura
Chapter 20: Create a Blue Sky in your Kitchen
Chapter 21: Create a Prism
Chapter 22: Measure the Speed of Light
Answers to Practice Questions
