Introduction to Light: The Physics of Light, Vision, and Color (Dover Books on Physics)

I teach physics to high school and middle school teachers, and came across this book while looking for good discussions and illustrations of the formation of rainbows. The author has taught optics to art majors for many years and the style of the text, rich with clear verbal descriptions, simple diagrams, and occasional asides relating to art, reflects his experience communicating with non-science majors. I recommend the book to any student of physics or optics who wants to gain a more intuitive understanding of basic concepts.Since the publisher has not enabled the search function, I will list the table of contents:1. Early ideas of light; 2. The classical theories; 3. Modern theories; 4. Geometrical optics; 5. Polarization; 6. Lasers; 7. Holography; 8. The eye; 9. Seeing; 10. Light and color in nature; 11. Color science; Appendix A: Lens and Mirror equations; Appendix B: Snell's Law; Appendix C: Scientific notation. Index.

It takes talent and patience for an author to take complex matters and make them accessible to most of us. And that is precisely the strength of this book. Very appreciated. :)

The content is good in several chapters, but the printing quality is not the best and the big problem for me is the size of the letters. They should have printed a book with more pages but with larger fonts to make it easier to read.

A bit too analytical. Yes, it's on light and physics. It was just not the research material I was looking for.

Book is a little dated. It deserves to be read carefully since some areas are ambiguous. Author is careful not to over-reach. Would like to have seen more on the visible spectrum and how the eyes see color.

I did not buy this book, I leafed through it at the bookstore. It is in all black and white; no color! A book whose topic is the physics of light and color should contain color illustrations.