Principles of Optics

Principles of Optics
Cover of the 2019 60th Anniversary Edition
AuthorMax Born and Emil Wolf
LanguageEnglish
SubjectOptics
PublisherPergamon Press
Publication date
1959 (1st ed.)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages852
ISBN978-1-108-47743-7 Hardcover
OCLC1129406200
535
LC ClassQC351
All identifiers refer to the Seventh Anniversary Edition, published in 2019 by the Cambridge University Press with a foreword by Peter Knight
Born in the 1930s

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]

  1. ^ Born, Max; Wolf, Emil (1959). Principles of optics: electromagnetic theory of propagation, interference and diffraction of light (1st ed.). London; New York; Paris: Pergamon Press. OCLC 489691506.
  2. ^ Born, Max; Wolf, Emil (1999). Principles of optics: electromagnetic theory of propagation, interference and diffraction of light (7th expanded ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-64222-1. OCLC 1151058062.
  3. ^ Born, Max; Wolf, Emil (2019). Principles of optics: electromagnetic theory of propagation, interference, and diffraction of light (7th (expanded) 60th anniversary ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-47743-7. OCLC 1129406200.
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