Optics (4th Edition) | 
| Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Category: Book
List Price: $131.40
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Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 148947
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 4
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 680
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 8 x 1.4
ISBN: 0805385665
Dewey Decimal Number: 535
EAN: 9780805385663
ASIN: 0805385665
Publication Date: August 12, 2001
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Product Description
Accurate, authoritative and comprehensive, Optics, Fourth Edition has been revised to provide readers with the most up-to-date coverage of optics. The market leader for over a decade, this book provides a balance of theory and instrumentation, while also including the necessary classical background. The writing style is lively and accessible. For college instructors, students, or anyone interested in optics.
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 quick shipping September 23, 2008
I received the book just in 3 days after I ordered the book online throgh amazon. Very quick response and sent me right edition and right book.Thanks.
Just as described September 9, 2008
Just as described, it has some wear-out on the binding, but the interior is good. Perfect price for a second-hand and still fair condition book.
by the way, Optics by Hecht is a great book for me! Very clear physical pictures and helps me lot on my PhD qualified exams!
4th edition and counting June 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I recommend this as the first optics book you ever read. Emphasis on conceptual understanding, carried by excellent and profuse illustrations and description, allow the reader a deeper understanding of what's going on; mathematical descriptions stay shallow.
 The worst textbook i've ever used March 6, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Of all the textbooks i have ever used at university (and as a fourth year student there have been quite a lot) this is simply the worst by far. Unlike the other physics textbooks i have used which were good at clarifying material, i found myself more confused after reading this book. Material i understood perfectly well at the lecture become suddenly incomprehendable when reading this awful book. Avoid it.
Having shelled out money at the beginning of the semester for this book, i ended up using other optics books from the library all semester. Do NOT buy this book.
Perfect March 2, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
An outstandingly good quality book, both in content and in the book itself. Very satisfied.
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