Displaying 1 of 1 2014 Format: Book Author: Rooney, Anne. Title: Optical engineering and the science of light / Anne Rooney. Publisher, Date: St. Catharines, Ontario : Crabtree Publishing Company, [2014] Description: 32 pages : colored illustrations ; 26 cm Summary: Examines how optical engineers combine the study of light and vision with the engineering design process to create world-changing instruments and technologies, including how these engineers define problems, find solutions, and build and test models. Target Audience Note: Ages 10-13. Grades 4 to 6. Series: Engineering in action Subjects: Optical engineering -- Juvenile literature. Light -- Juvenile literature. Notes: Includes index. Contents: What is optical engineering? -- How light works -- How engineers work with light -- Light and vision -- History of optical engineering -- More uses for light -- Working in optical engineering -- Starting a project: problems and solutions 18 -- Ideas factory -- First attempts -- Refining the project -- Design challenge : make a periscope -- Into the future. LCCN: 2013035441 ISBN: 9780778712282 0778712281 9780778712329 077871232X Other Number: 844726478 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 407090 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: j 621.36 Rooney Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
