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A GLANCE AT THE DANCE OF PHOTONS: THE PHYSICS OF LIGHT FOR VISION AND PHOTOMETRY
PREFACE
1. INTRODUCTION
2. WHAT PHOTONS ARE
3. PHOTONS ARE POLARIZED
4. PHOTONS DIFFRACT
5. PHOTONS RADIATE
6. PHOTONS ARE REFLECTED
7. PHOTONS MAY BE SCATTERED
8. PHOTONS ARE DISOBEDIENT
9. THE TROUBLE WITH PHOTONS
10. PHOTONS GET REFRACTED
11. WHERE PHOTONS CAME FROM
12. PHOTONS AS RETINAL IMAGES
13. PHOTONS CATALYZE
14. LIGHT
15. PHOTONS VARY IN VISUAL EFFECTIVENESS
16. DISTINGUISHING PHOTON WAVELENGTH
17. ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH PHOTONS:
18. PHOTONS CAN FOOL YOU
19. BEYOND PHOTONS, THE VISUAL IMAGE
20. MEASURING PHOTONS
21. MEASURING LIGHT
22. LIGHT METERS
EPILOGUE
References & Notes
APPENDIX
Thomy Nilsson
Professor Emeritus
University of Prince Edward Island
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