Alien Vision: Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum with Imaging Technology (SPIE Press Monograph Vol. PM104)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 184 pages
• Published by: SPIE Publications October 15, 2001
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0819441422
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0819441423
• Book Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches
• Weighs: 15.8 ounces

Product Review
"Having been involved with industrial infrared imaging for nearly twenty (years), I enjoyed this book immensely." -- John Snell, Snell Infrared, June 8, 2001

Product Description
Austin Richards takes readers on a visual tour of the electromagnetic spectrum beyond the range of human sight, using imaging technology as the means to 'see' invisible light. Dozens of colorful images and clear, concise descriptions make this an intriguing, accessible technical book. Richards explains the light spectrum, including visible light, and describes the advanced imaging technologies that enable humans to synthesize our own version of 'alien' vision at different wavelengths, with applications ranging from fire fighting and law enforcement to botany and medicine.

Reader Reviews
Austin is one the foremost scientists in the exciting field of electronic imaging. It was my pleasure to review this book when I was an editor in chief for a trade pub several years back and it is one of my favorites. It is not a tech heavy book, rather well written and a favorite in my personal library. Buy it and you will learn so much and get in on a growing field of applications that now includes ultraviolet imaging in Austin's vast knowledge of emerging photonic and electronic imaging.