Optics and Vision

List of Tables. Physical Constants. 1. Light and Vision - A Historical Perspective. 2. Production and Measurement of Light. 3. Geometrical Optics. 4. The Thick Lens. 5. Vergence and Vision. 6. Cylindrical Lenses and Astigmatism. 7. Aberration Theory. 8. Controlling Light through Optical Systems. 9. Optical Instrumentation. 10. Optics of the Eye. 11. Light as Waves. 12. Lasers and the Eye. 13. Interference Phenomena. 14. Interference Applications. 15. Polarized Light. 16. Fraunhofer Diffraction. 17. Fiber Optics. Answers to Selected Problems. Index.