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Optics began with the development of lenses by the ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians, followed by theories on light and vision developed by ancient Greek philosophers, and the development of geometrical optics in the Greco-Roman world. The word optics is derived from the Greek term τα ὀπτικά meaning 'appearance, look'. [1]
1864 – James Clerk Maxwell publishes his papers on a dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field; 1865 – James Clerk Maxwell publishes his landmark paper A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field, in which Maxwell's equations demonstrated that electric and magnetic forces are two complementary aspects of electromagnetism.
Rudolf Karl Lüneburg (30 March 1903, Volkersheim - 19 August 1949, Great Falls, Montana), after his emigration at first Lueneburg, later Luneburg, sometimes misspelled Luneberg or Lunenberg) was a professor of mathematics and optics at the Dartmouth College Eye Institute.
Pages in category "History of optics" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Emission theory (vision) H. A History of the Theories of ...
Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. [1] Optics usually describes the behaviour of visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light.
An introduction to the theory of optics (1904) [15] There are two subsequent editions to this book, and Schuster is the author. Edition two was published in 1909 and edition three appears to have two publication dates of 1924, and 1928. [16] [17] [18]
Principles of optics elektromagnetic theory of propagation, interference and diffraction of light (in German) (3rd ed.). OCLC 610951371. Born, Max; Wolf, Emil; Bhatia, A. B (1965). Principles of optics: electromagnetic theory of propagation, interference and diffraction of light (in Italian). Oxford: Pergamon Press. OCLC 878702542.
Because Optics contributed a new dimension to the study of vision, it influenced later scientists. In particular, Ptolemy used Euclid's mathematical treatment of vision and his idea of a visual cone in combination with physical theories in Ptolemy's Optics, which has been called "one of the most important works on optics written before Newton". [3]