Product Overview
From Follett
Includes bibliographical references (page 30) and index.;What is optical engineering? -- How light works -- How engineers work with light -- Light and vision -- History of optical engineering -- More uses for light -- Working in optical engineering -- Starting a project: problems and solutions -- Ideas factory -- First attempts -- Refining the project -- Design challenge : make a periscope -- Into the future. Explains how optical engineers have created instruments and technologies such as telescopes, microscopes, cameras, and televisions, and how the process of engineering design can be combined with the study of light and vision.
From the Publisher
Lenses, lasers, microscopes, telescopes--light engineers design all these products to help make our lives easier. In this enlightening title, readers explore the many uses of optics and the design process of turning a bright idea into a reality. With an overview of the engineering design process, readers are encouraged to apply the same steps into their own optical challenge.