This book is a tribute to the legacy of lens designer Rudolf Kingslake, a pioneer in the field who taught lens design for 56 years at The Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester. The book introduces a collection of over 150 of his lens design problems, which were handwritten on index cards and used in Kingslake's courses from the 1930s to the 1980s. Each problem is accompanied by detailed solutions and organized by topic, including:Ray TracingFirst-Order OpticsMonochromatic AberrationsChromatic AberrationsThin Lens AberrationsOptical Systems & Designs.
| ISBN: | 9781510694804 |
| Publication date: | 23rd January 2026 |
| Author: | David H Lippman, Julie L Bentley, Duncan T Moore |
| Publisher: | SPIE an imprint of SPIE Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 500 pages |
| Series: | Press Monographs |
| Genres: |
Applied optics |
This book is a tribute to the legacy of lens designer Rudolf Kingslake, a pioneer in the field who taught lens design for 56 years at The Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester. The book introduces a collection of over 150 of his lens design problems, which were handwritten on index cards and used in Kingslake's courses from the 1930s to the 1980s.
Learning Lens Design from Rudolf Kingslake features in the following genres: Applied optics
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Learning Lens Design from Rudolf Kingslake was written by David H Lippman, Julie L Bentley, Duncan T Moore and published by SPIE an imprint of SPIE Press
Learning Lens Design from Rudolf Kingslake has 500 pages
Yes it is part of Press Monographs series
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