Re: Books?
Dean Ketelsen (ketelsen@as.arizona.edu)
Mon, 24 Apr 1995 17:32:47 -0700
Some interesting books I have found are collections of "Selected Papers"
collected and published by the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation
Engineers (SPIE). They collect milestone papers, usually by the discoverer
or developer from the original source. My favorites are "Selected Papers on"
Astronomical Optics, Optical Shop Metrology, and Optomechanical Design.
For instance, the collection of astronomical optics papers has the original
publications of Ritchey and Chretien, Schmidt, coma correctors by Ross
and Wynne, and many large telescope designs and auxilliary optics by
Meinel, Angel and many others. 66 papers in all on 600 plus pages. While
you could go look up all the references in a good science library, these
are great collections. Lots of advanced stuff, but all interesting.
Softbound, they sell for about $85 each from SPIE, P.O. Box 10, Bellingham,
Washington, 98227-0010 (206) 676-3290.
-Dean