About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 119. Chapters: Optics, Oceanography, Meteorology, Waveguide, List of important publications in physics, Atmospheric optics, Theoretical astronomy, Sun as an X-ray source, Explorational X-ray astronomy, X-ray generation, Astronomical neutron source, X-rays from Eridanus, Astronomical infrared source, Gamma-ray generation, Astrophysics, Stellar surface fusion, Bose-Einstein condensation: a network theory approach, Serpens X-1, Astronomical ultraviolet source, Self-organized criticality, X-rays from lightning, Friedel Sellschop, FluxNet, Serpens XR-2, Econophysics, Electrostatic suspension, First X-ray source in Cancer, Serpens X-2, Scorpius XR-6, Petrophysics, OSO 1, OSO 6, Lyra XR-1, Intercosmos 26, Koronas-F, Medical physics, OSO 4, Kinetic exchange models of markets, Modulation collimator, Solrad 1, Fossil stellar magnetic field, Norma X-1, Solrad 8, 3U 0430+37, High energy X-rays, Neutron-antineutron annihilation, Solrad 3, Agrophysics, Solrad 9, Raymond Gosling, Shell dynamo, Ophiuchus XR-2, International Noble Gas Experiment, Physics of firearms, Applied physics, Poromechanics, Distributive dynamo, Building Engineering Physics, Pore pressure gradient, Spectral energy distribution, Geophysical imaging. Excerpt: Optics is the branch of physics which involves the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behavior of visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light. Because light is an electromagnetic wave, other forms of electromagnetic radiation such as X-rays, microwaves, and radio waves exhibit similar properties. Most optical phenomena can be accounted for using the classical electromagnetic description of light. Complete electromagnetic descriptions of light are, however, often difficult to apply in practice. Pract...
