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Optics is the study of the properties and behavior of light. In this section you can learn about everything from holograms to lasers and lenses.
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- Hewitt, Paul G., (1999) Conceptual Physics, Third Edition, Scott-Foresman-Addison-Wesley, Inc., Menlo Park, Calif.
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