The Optics of Life
A Biologist's Guide to Light in Nature
1st Edition
Published on 16. June 2015
368 pages
978-1-4008-4066-3 (ISBN)
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Sönke Johnsen is associate professor of biology at Duke University.
Content
Acknowledgments ix
Chapter One Introduction 1
Chapter Two Units and Geometry 8
Chapter Three Emission 31
Chapter Four Absorption 75
Chapter Five Scattering 116
Chapter Six Scattering with Interference 151
Chapter Seven Fluorescence 181
Chapter Eight Polarization 203
Chapter Nine Measuring Light 237
Chapter Ten What Is Light, Really? 271
Appendix A Converting Spectral Irradiance to Lux 287
Appendix B Calculating the Absorbance Spectrum of a Visual Pigment 290
Appendix C?Refractive Indices of Common Substances 292
Appendix D Optical Properties of Very Clear Water 293
Appendix E?Optical Properties of Natural Waters 295
Appendix F?Useful Formulas 297
Appendix G Equipment and Software Suppliers 302
Bibliography 307
Index 319
Chapter One Introduction 1
Chapter Two Units and Geometry 8
Chapter Three Emission 31
Chapter Four Absorption 75
Chapter Five Scattering 116
Chapter Six Scattering with Interference 151
Chapter Seven Fluorescence 181
Chapter Eight Polarization 203
Chapter Nine Measuring Light 237
Chapter Ten What Is Light, Really? 271
Appendix A Converting Spectral Irradiance to Lux 287
Appendix B Calculating the Absorbance Spectrum of a Visual Pigment 290
Appendix C?Refractive Indices of Common Substances 292
Appendix D Optical Properties of Very Clear Water 293
Appendix E?Optical Properties of Natural Waters 295
Appendix F?Useful Formulas 297
Appendix G Equipment and Software Suppliers 302
Bibliography 307
Index 319
