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Title: Building Electro-Optical Systems: Making It All Work by Philip C. D. Hobbs ISBN: 0-471-24681-6 Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Pub. Date: 23 June, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $145.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Wow!
Comment: I believe I have one of the largest personal libraries on electro-optics, how in the heck did I miss this book?
Highly recommended!
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best
Comment: When I meet someone new-to-me in the field, I have taken to the habit of eyeing up their bookshelf, looking for the books that they use. Whenever I see this incredible tome from Phil Hobbs, I know they have an excellent resource. Frankly, I believe that you should be embarased if this book is not on your shelf. This book is simply too good to miss. I recommend that you stop reading this review and buy it!
Phil has managed to cram information of a 100,000+ academic pages into this 727 page gem. His mastery of separating the chemicral from the root of the information is truly amazing. This guy understands what it takes to make a system work and astutely put it into this work. He gives pointers for lab rats as to the number of "post-it" notes to use to elevate an optical component, as well as detail theoretical discussions of detector sensitivity and the practical impact of the electronics.
The writing is sometimes folksy and hip. I find this an incredible relief from the academic 3rd person passive forced by many publishers. Phil occasionally gets funny and at least a few times, his folksy style is only used to clearly underscore the salient point that he is making.
My negative criticism of Hobbs is primarily why it took him until 2000 to publish this book---I could have used it 25 years ago, and whis I had this book in college! Also, a glossary would have been nice to include.
Rating: 4
Summary: Lots of info and to the point
Comment: This book is loaded with formulae, tips, and encyclopedic descriptions of optical phenomena. It includes several chapters on building electronic instrumentation for optical systems that serve as useful advice about electronic prototyping in general. The writing style mimicks that of a wise, experienced expert passing on practical knowledge (and opinion) to a favored student. In a few cases, this style goes too far, particularly when formidable equations are quickly presented and dismissed, leaving the reader to be impressed, but wonder "what was the point of that?". The author has tried to pack in as much technical meat as possible while still retaining an informal feel. It's a difficult style to write but Hobbs, for the most part, pulls it off. I would recommend the text to readers with some familiarity of optics.
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Title: Photodiode Amplifiers: OP AMP Solutions by Jerald Graeme ISBN: 007024247X Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 01 December, 1995 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: Photodetectors: Devices, Circuits and Applications by Silvano Donati ISBN: 0130203378 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 03 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $98.00 |
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Title: Photonics Rules of Thumb: Optics, Electro-Optics, Fiber Optics, and Lasers by John Lester Miller, Edward, Dr Friedman, Ed Friedman ISBN: 0070443297 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: Introduction to Modern Optics by Grant R. Fowles ISBN: 0486659577 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1989 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Optics (4th Edition) by Eugene Hecht ISBN: 0805385665 Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley Pub. Date: 02 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $108.00 |
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