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Lectures on theoretical physics, volume iv focuses on the study. Basics of optics, laws of reflection and refraction, reflection from spherical mirrors, velocity of image, refraction at plane surfaces, prism theory, defects of images, refraction from curved surfaces. Optics, fluids, plasmas, elasticity, relativity, and statistical physic. This text by pauli, based as it is upon his 1948 lecture notes prepared by scheidegger is no exception it is not ideal. Composed of six chapters, the book focuses first on the historical outline of geometrical, physical, and physiological optics. Lectures on theoretical physics by sommerfeld, arnold, 18681951.
Oxford physics public lectures university of oxford. Lectures on theoretical physics, volume iv focuses on the study of optics, particularly on the refraction and reflection of light. But the principle of least time is a completely different philosophical principle about the way nature works. The lecture notes can be downloaded in both pdf and ps formats. I also love sommerfeld, lectures on theoretical physics, vol. Free theoretical physics books download ebooks online. Although its pretty old, its still a very good source. This is the third, revised and extended edition of the acknowledged lectures on quantum optics by w. Mechanics of deformable bodies lectures on theoretical physics volume 2 by sommerfield, a. It offers theoretical concepts of quantum optics, with special emphasis on current research trends. Carefully edited series of lectures by a distinguished theoretical physicist examines geometrical optics, the theory of interference and diffraction, maxwells theory, crystal optics, and molecular optics.
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