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SELECTED WORKS OF EMIL WOLF (WITH COMMENTARY) (World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics)
Author:Emil Wolf (Author)
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Publication date: 2001-06-05
Language: English
Print length: 661 pages
ISBN-10: 9810242042
ISBN-13: 9789810242046
Book Description
Reprints 69 papers previously published by Wolf (University of Rochester) in the field of optics. They are arranged into six sections on diffraction, radiation theory, coherence and statistical optics, scattering, foundations of radiometry, and the history of physics. Some of the topics are an energy conservation law for randomly fluctuating electromagnetic fields, diffraction tomography using power extinction measurements, and radiance functions of partially coherent fields. The volume concludes with five new articles based on the author's lectures. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Review
The book will help to find original papers more easily than through a complicated search in old journals. -- Optik, 200.
