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Spectacle Lenses

Theory and Practice

  • 1 Edición - 20 de marzo de 2001
  • Última edición
  • Autores: Colin Fowler, Keziah Latham Petre
  • Idioma: Inglés

This up-to-date text offers a practical approach to the theory and practice of how spectacle lenses are made and how they work in correcting vision. It also covers the more… Leer más

Descripción

This up-to-date text offers a practical approach to the theory and practice of how spectacle lenses are made and how they work in correcting vision. It also covers the more fundamental aspects of spectacle lens dispensing with relevance to areas such as visual optics and geometric optics.

Puntos claves

  • Pitched at the correct level for study - easy to follow for undergraduates
  • Theory is related to practical reality - so students can take the textbook through to the early years of practice
  • Extensive examples enable the reader to follow through calculations - great for revision and quick reference!

    • De interès para

    Undergraduate students and practitioners of optometry and dispensing

    Índice

    Introduction; Basic optical principles; Spherical lens forms; Astigmatic lens forms; Prisms and prismatic effects; Spectacle lens materials and lens manufacture; Measurement of lens power; Lens aberrations, best form and aspheric lenses; Bifocal and trifocal lenses; Varifocal spectacle lenses; Tinted and treated lenses.

    Reseñas

    "I wholeheartedly recommend this book to all students of optometry and ophthalmic dispensing and to practitioners in the dispensing or manufacture of ophthalmic lenses." Andrew Kierl, Senior Lecturer Anglia Polytechnic University

    Detalles del producto

    • Edición: 1
    • Última edición
    • Publicado: 20 de marzo de 2001
    • Idioma: Inglés

    Sobre los autores

    CF

    Colin Fowler

    Afiliaciones y experiencia
    Senior Lecturer, Optometry and Vision Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

    KL

    Keziah Latham Petre

    Afiliaciones y experiencia
    Lecturer, Optometry and Vision Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

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