A specialized field of physics and engineering involved in studying the behavior and properties of light and the technology of analyzing, generating, transmitting, and manipulating ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION in the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet range.
    

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General and practical optics / by Lionel Laurance.

Visual optics and sight testing / by Lionel Laurance.

The principles and methods of geometrical optics : especially as applied to the theory of optical instruments / by James P. C. Southall.

Geometrical optics / by Val H. Mackinney and Harry L. Taylor.

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General and practical optics / by Lionel Laurance.

Visual optics and sight testing / by Lionel Laurance.

The principles and methods of geometrical optics : especially as applied to the theory of optical instruments / by James P. C. Southall.

Geometrical optics / by Val H. Mackinney and Harry L. Taylor.

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