Re: optics of metals

"Charles Manoras" <inconnu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

As to B & W, Emil Wolf is still around at the University of Rochester,
most likely emeritus, so maybe you can get in touch with him and ask.

Thanks, I'll consider it.

BTW where did you find your copy of Born?

Germany. You might be able to order it from www.amazon.de.
I bought mine about 25 years ago. At the time, and maybe still,
they had a very good book distribution system. I walked into a
bookstore in a small town and asked about the book and they told
me they would have it the next day.

I put off reading it for decades because I thought I didn't have time
to get involved in its details. So, recently, I conned myself into reading
it by telling myself it was just to practice my German. I'm not checking
all details but I am nevertheless following it without much effort. One
advantage of reading it in German, apart from being able to get Born's
point of view by itself (he is a very good writer), is that I cannot avoid
reading it slowly; that is something I often don't have the patience
to do in English. I'm deriving similar beneficial effects from reading
the Iliad in ancient Greek, even though I'm not very good at Greek.
--
Ignorantly,
Allan Adler <ara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
* Disclaimer: I am a guest and *not* a member of the MIT CSAIL. My actions and
* comments do not reflect in any way on MIT. Also, I am nowhere near Boston.
.

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